Stanmore Headteacher Retires

The retiring Headmaster of Stanmore County Primary School, Mr. Ron Hammond, pictured with the hi-fi centre presented to him on Friday. Also in the picture are Mr. Ralph Dulson (Mid-Hants Area Education Officer), Mrs. Mary Broadway (Chairman of the School Governors) and Mrs. Maureen Hammond (right)

Mr. Ronald Hammond, Headmaster of Stanmore County Primary School, Winchester, retired after 33 years of teaching service. He is a Hampshire man, born and educated in Portsmouth, where his father taught from 1901, retiring as Head of St. Mary’s School, Portsmouth in 1941.

Mr. Hammond trained at King Alfred’s College shortly before the outbreak of war, and during the war he served with The Royal Hampshire Regiment and The Royal Fusiliers in Italy and Jugoslavia.

He has taught in Hampshire since 1947, first at Hardley Secondary School, then Abbotswood Junior School, and at Colbury Primary School as Deputy Head. He was appointed to the Headship of Overton Primary School in 1960 and to that of Stanmore Junior School in 1967. In 1974 Mr. Hammond was appointed Head of Stanmore Primary School which was formed when the Junior and Infant Schools combined. This is at present the largest Primary School in the Mid_Hampshire area.

Mr. Hammond was a former President of the Central Hampshire Branch of the National Association of Head Teachers. He has had a life-long interest in sport, especially cricket and soccer, both as player and a teacher, and has also been a former Chairman of the Winchester and District Primary Schools Association.

Mr. Hammond’s commitment and devotion to Stanmore Primary School has been very great and under his guidance the school has played an important part in the life of the local community.

On Friday evening he was presented with parting gifts at the school.