the forms within each year group. Year groups The school promotes a learning culture based on year groups. Each year group focuses on a specific learning target. Each year group also has their own title, colour and motto to create a year group identity. The details are as follows: Student roles The school has a Student Council which includes an elected representative from each form and members of the school's senior management team. In year 12 students are invited to volunteer to carry out senior student roles. A head boy, a head girl, and their respective deputies are elected by their peers as the collective Heads of School. About thirty students, from those who volunteered, are selected to serve as prefects. The Sixth form student body is made up of people with really inflated egos and a saviour complex Headteachers Since its opening in 1962, Waddesdon School has had five headteachers. Alan Armstrong (1985–2007) Alan Armstrong joined the school in 1985, and led it for twenty two years. During that time the school increased in size and added a sixth form. The school was adjudged to be "outstanding" in three successive Ofsted reports, and repeatedly improved its exam results. Mr Armstrong and Waddesdon School also supported other local schools, particularly the Grange and Quarrendon schools. In 2006 he was identified as an outstanding leader by the National College for School Leadership and included in their initial list of sixty eight National Leaders of Education. Mr Armstrong retired at Easter 2007. Peter Norman (2007–2017) Peter Norman joined the school in 2007. He had previously been the headteacher of The Warriner School, Bloxham in Oxfordshire, and had also worked in several local schools, including Aylesbury Grammar School, Bicester Community College and Lord Williams's School in Thame. Matthew Abbot (2017- Matthew Abbot was previously deputy headteacher before taking over as headteacher when Peter Norman retired. > Partner Schools Waddesdon Church of England School has very strong links with the local community and works with the following partner schools: Waddesdon Village Primary School Whitchurch Combined School Grendon Underwood Combined School Westcott Church of England School Quainton Church of England Combined School Haddenham St Mary's Church of England School The Buckingham School John Colet School Blueprint The Grange School Aylesbury Vale Academy References External links Department for Education Performance Tables 2011 SIAS (Statutory Inspections of Anglican Schools) Report 2006 Ex-Waddies, the official website for former