A LEADING Scottish private school has unveiled its new headteacher.

Colin Gambles has taken up the post of rector of Hutchesons' Grammar School in Glasgow after moving from the post of deputy head at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen.

Mr Gambles, a married father of four, graduated from Edinburgh University with a degree in biochemistry and has held previous senior teaching posts at George Watson’s College, in Edinburgh and West Buckland School, in North Devon, where he was Head of Biology. He plays and coaches hockey and has led expeditions to jungle environments such as Borneo and Belize.

Mr Gambles said: “I am truly delighted to have been able to join Hutchesons’ in time for the start of the current session. The school prides itself on its academic results... and this is a direct consequence of our determined focus on developing capable, resilient and independent thinkers. I am looking forward to contributing to the broad curriculum."

Mr Gambles succeeds Dr Ken Greig who left Hutchesons’ at the end of July to become headmaster of Brighton College Al Ain in Abu Dhabi.