To develop young people who flourish and make a positive impact on others through leading happy, healthy, intentional lives of consequence.
AMBER WAITE , THE PRINCIPAL
Amber was appointed as Principal of STAEG in May 2024, following five years as Head of STAHS. Educated in Texas, after earning undergraduate and graduate degrees in Mathematics, Chemistry, Geological Sciences and Chemical Physics, she embarked on a ten-year career as a biogeochemical oceanographer. After many happy years working everywhere from the Gulf of Mexico to the South Pacific, Amber decided it was time for a change and re-trained as a teacher. She taught for three years in the US before undertaking a third career as a civil servant.
Amber moved to the UK in 2008, and whilst she enjoyed the policy and communications work she did at Defra, she missed the fun and satisfaction of working with young people and returned to teaching. She has taught at Headington, Abingdon and Ashford Schools, and was Deputy Head at St Dunstan’s College before taking up her role as Head of STAHS. Amber is also a member of the HMC Board of Directors as Treasurer, having previously sat on their Finance, Audit and Risk Committee, and is a governor for an independent girls’ school in Hampshire.
Amber is an enthusiastic supporter of Oxford United, and when she isn’t at the Kassam (or Wembley!) cheering on the Yellows, she will likely be thinking and/or talking about them.