WOOD Green School in Witney has announced that Robert Shadbolt will be its new headteacher.

Mr Shadbolt is currently deputy headteacher at Matthew Arnold School in Oxford.

He will take over from Cynthia Savage, who has served for more than 14 years as headteacher, when she retires at Easter.

She said: “I have been truly privileged to be part of life at Wood Green School and more importantly share the delight of seeing students develop as wonderful young people.”

Wood Green is rated as outstanding by Ofsted.