A HEADteacher has been appointed for the new Fulham Boys School which is due to open next September.

Alun Ebenezer will swap his role as deputy head at St Teilo’s Church at Wales School, in Cardiff, for the top job at the free Church of England school for 11 to 18-year-olds.

It will be the third free school to open in Hammersmith and Fulham after the West London Free School and ARK Conway Primary School, which have both proved a success.

Mr Ebenezer, who was previously assistant head at Treorchy School, will work with the school’s governing body to develop the curriculum and recruit staff.

He said: “I’m delighted to be taking up this position, and honoured and excited to have been invited to help start a school with such a clear ethos and vision for boys’ education.

“Education is transformational, even more so when in a Christian perspective. I am driven by the belief that school is about preparing a young person for life. I look forward to working closely with the governors, in attracting and retaining the best teachers. Along with strong leadership, high quality teaching and learning is what makes pupils and schools successful.”

The Fulham Boys School is partnering the London Diocesan Board for Schools to turn its vision into reality, drawing on the board’s expertise in establishing successful schools including Chelsea Academy.

Andy Yarrow, head of Chelsea Academy, a Church of England school set up in Lots Road in 2009, will mentor Mr Ebenezer.

The Fulham Boys School is due to open its doors to 120 year seven boys and will eventually cater for 800 pupils, on an unnamed site identified in Fulham.

Negotiations are at an advanced stage.

A date will be announced in the near future so prospective parents can meet Mr Ebenezer and find out more about the school.

Alex Wade, chairman of governors, said: “Alun will rest at nothing to make this the best boys school. Our aim is to ‘Bring out the best in boys’. I cannot think of anyone more suited to doing that than Alun Ebenezer.”

Last month more than 600 people came to support The Fulham Boys School’s open days and hear the aims for London’s first free school for boys.

It is not part of the council co-ordinated admissions process this year and parents can still apply for a place for September 2013 via the school’s website.

Visit www.fulhamboysschool.org