{"id":53368,"date":"2025-07-02T16:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/?p=53368"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:11:08","slug":"nicky-black-named-as-new-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/nicky-black-named-as-new-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicky Black named as new Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"intro\">Nicky Black named as new Head of Abingdon Prep School<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nicky Black has been named as the new Head of Abingdon Prep School. Educated at Tadcaster Grammar School and Durham University, she began her teaching career in London. Having previously led Dulwich College Kindergarten and Pre-Prep, she joins Abingdon Prep School from the co-educational Cokethorpe Prep, where she has been Head for the past seven years. An advocate of high academic standards and outdoor education, she is a perfect fit for the Abingdon ethos which prizes academia in equal measure to co-curricular pursuits.<\/p>\n<p>Nicky says: \u201cI am delighted to be joining the Abingdon Prep family. It is a school I have always admired &#8211; both in terms of its academic offering as well as its enviable Other Half co-curricular provision. I am looking forward to working with staff, parents and pupils to continue to build upon the existing strength and success of Abingdon Prep as it continues its move towards full co-education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike Windsor, Head of the Abingdon Foundation, adds: \u201cMy colleagues and I are very much looking forward to welcoming Nicky as Head of Abingdon Prep. I am confident her expertise and experience will add to the existing strength of our superb offering. 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