Susan Wijeratna
Susan Wijeratna is a schoolteacher, the first woman to become Lower Master at Eton College.
Biography
Susan Cook was born in May 1969.[1] She is the daughter of a schoolteacher, the head of Epsom College.[2] She was educated at Brighton College. She took her bachelor's degree in geography at the University of Birmingham.[2]
Wijeratna's first teaching job was at Epsom College. She moved to Eastbourne College and then became head of geography at St Benedict's School, Ealing.[2] She served as the deputy head of St Paul's Girls' School, responsible for pastoral affairs.[2]
She became the first woman to become Lower Master (deputy head) at Eton College on her appointment there in September 2017.[3][4] Bedales School praised Eton for the appointment.[5]
In 2019 she became a director of the Royal Ballet School.[1] While at Eton, she served for a while as governor of St Stephen's Church of England Primary School.[6] In 2023 she becomes head of Latymer Upper School.[7]
Personal life
She is married to the environmental activist[8] Alex Wijeratna. They have two daughters.[2]
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