Jane Teresa Lunnon (born 1969) is an English schoolteacher and headmistress, currently head ofAlleyn's School,Dulwich, and previously ofWimbledon High School. Before that, Lunnon was Deputy Head ofWellington College, Berkshire.
Lunnon was educated at the North London Collegiate School and theUniversity of Bristol, where she graduated in English. She has a twin sister, Jenny, who is head ofCity of London School for Girls.
Lunnon’s early career was in research and marketing, before she became a schoolteacher atPrior's Field School,Guildford, and then at Wellington College. There, she was successively Head of English, Head of Sixth Form, and Assistant Director of Studies, then from 2010 Senior Deputy Head toAnthony Seldon. In 2014 she was appointed as Headmistress ofWimbledon High School, and in 2020 as the first female Head of Alleyn’s School, taking up the post in January 2021.[1] Although the school had become co-educational in 1975,[2] all its heads had been men since its separation from theCollege of God's Gift in 1882.[3]
In 2018,Krishnan Guru-Murthy quoted Lunnon on the subject ofLove Island that it was "not really doing anything very much for feminism".[4] In January 2020,The Times reported her warning to parents against usingWhatsApp groups to manage their children’s time when they were in secondary schools. She saw this as hindering them from learning to take responsibility for the demands of their lives.[5] In May 2020,The Daily Telegraph interviewed Lunnon on the challenges to schools oflockdown in theCOVID-19 pandemic.[6]
In September 2020, Lunnon was announced as one of the five nominees in the "Best head of a public school" category of the Tatler Schools Awards, together with Douglas Robb ofGresham's School, Mark Turnbull ofGiggleswick, Emma McKendrick ofDowne House, and Antony Wallersteiner ofStowe.[7] Lunnon was announced as winner of the award in October.[8][9]
Lunnon also serves on the Education Committee of theRoyal Shakespeare Company, the Universities Committee of theHeadmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and the governing body ofNewland House School. She is a Trustee of the Royal SpringBoard Foundation.
Lunnon married a fellow teacher atWellington College. Her husband, Neil Lunnon, is now headmaster ofFulham Prep School, and they have two children.[1]
