The new head teacher at an independent preparatory school in Amersham says she is ‘delighted’ to take on her new role.

Debbie Isaachsen, who was raised and educated in Bucks, has been appointed as head of Heatherton House Independent Girls School in Copperkins Lane and took up her post at the start of the new term.

The teacher, who has two young children of her own, has made a return to Bucks from Cheltenham College Preparatory School, where she was head of lower school since 2010 and previously deputy head of the pre-prep department.

She said: “I am delighted to be leading such an incredible school. Heatherton House quite rightly has an enviable reputation in the area for being a forward-thinking, innovative and inspiring school. Its warm, family-feel ethos is second to none.”

Heatherton House was recently ranked third in the 2015 Sunday Times Top 100 independent prep schools and Richard Backhouse, the new Principal of Berkhamsted Schools Group, which the girls’ school is a part of, said he is delighted that Mrs Isaachsen’s calibre will take Heatherton forward to continued success:

He said: “Debbie has extensive teaching and leadership experience from both the independent and maintained sectors, having taught in all year groups and across all disciplines in both Prep and Pre-Prep.

“A willingness to innovate and develop the curriculum has been a hallmark of her leadership at Cheltenham College Prep School.”