David Bates

Director of International Education, Whitgift School

David became Whitgift’s Director of International Education in 2019, having joined the school in 2015 to teach EAL and set up the academic programme for Whitgift’s inaugural international summer school. He took overall responsibility for the summer school in 2016, and since 2019 has additionally led on Whitgift’s international school development in India and other markets. David has taught internationally and in the UK since 2009, having switched to the profession from a previous career in business management. He completed a Cambridge DELTA qualification in 2011, a PGCE in 2012 and has recently completed an MA in Educational Leadership at UCL.

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