BA (Hons), PGCE
Richard attended Carnegie (Leeds Metropolitan University) and was awarded a BA (Hons) degree in Human Movement Studies (Sports Science). This was followed with a PGCE in PE and Maths at Exeter University (St Lukes) and he qualified as a teacher in 1992. He has worked in the independent sector in the UK for 23 years, his last post as Head of PE at Dragon School, Oxford. In 2015 Richard and his family decided to move to Bangkok and was Head Swim Coach at Bangkok Patana School.
Richard is a qualified Swim Coach and also hold coaching qualifications in many other sports. His specialist area is Aquatics having represented GB U17 and England U19, and swam the Olympic Trials in ‘88 as an athlete. During his career he has coached the English Schools National Swim Team at three World Schools and numerous European Schools events, as well as working with a number of National and International standard Youth Age athletes in both the UK and Thailand. He is looking forward to working with the students here at BSB to further develop the Aquatics programme and team at the school, and work in the PE department.
Richard joined BSB in August 2017 and his wife and two children have since enjoyed living here in Beijing and being part of the BSB community. As a family they have enjoyed travelling to many countries in SE Asia and hope to enjoy a few more in Asia in the future.
Richard enjoys all aspects of sport including cycling, swimming, watching live sport and trying to attend major sporting tournaments when time allows. Going to the London Olympics and Glasgow Commonwealth Games to watch the events was inspiring. He has taken part in a few triathlons and would like to try to do a few more if possible. He enjoys watching movies, eating out at restaurants and going to concerts as well.
