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Meet our bloggers and vloggers

Our staff have valuable expertise, long experience and endless patience in allowing adolescents to find their adult selves. Explore our blog to find out what they know. Among them you'll also find a growing number of pupil vloggers who are keen to tell you at first hand what it's like to be at Bryanston.

Andrew Haviland

Former School Chaplain

The Rev Canon Andrew Haviland was Chaplain and Head of Philosophy and Religious Studies until the summer of 2019. He came to Bryanston in 2008 after 14 years at the comprehensive school in Cranleigh, where latterly he was Assistant Headteacher, responsible for the pastoral and academic welfare of the upper school pupils. He was ordained in 2005 after training at STETS and served his curacy at St John’s North Holmwood in Surrey.

As a pupil, Canon Haviland attended Eastbourne College, before undertaking a BEd Hons in Theology & Religious Studies with Education at The College of Ripon and York St John (University of Leeds). He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Christ Ministry and Mission.

He was the first school chaplain in the Salisbury diocese to be made a Canon and, on his departure from the diocese to become Senior Chaplain to Epsom College, he was appointed Canon Emeritus.

One of Andrew’s joys in life is music. It was through the BBC Symphony Chorus that Andrew met his wife, Jo, a senior medical statistician. They have three sons, George, James and Charlie. Spending time with his family is one of his favourite ‘off-duty’ activities as well as walking his dog, alongside sailing, clay-pigeon shooting and reading.

Posts by Andrew Haviland

  • 21 Jun

    Moving on

    There is change in the air here at Bryanston. At the end of term, a cohort of our pupils and some long-serving members of staff will be leaving for pastures new. Many of the pupils will have spent two, three, four or five years at this most amazing of places to live and work. 

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  • 25 May

    The power of questions

    This week our former Chaplain, the Reverend Canon Andrew Haviland, emphasises the importance of ensuring our young people are confident to continue questioning and searching for answers.

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