St Columba’s School Appoints New Rector

St Columba’s School in Kilmacolm has appointed Mrs Victoria Reilly as its new Rector. Mrs Reilly, who has been Senior Depute Rector at St Columba’s since 2016, becomes only the tenth Rector in the School’s 123-year history.     

Mrs Reilly was brought up in Yorkshire and graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA (Hons) in French and Spanish. After working in business, she studied for her postgraduate certificate in education at the University of Sheffield. Mrs Reilly first joined St Columba’s in 1992. She was appointed Depute Rector in 2012 and Senior Depute Rector in 2016. Mrs Reilly has been an Associate Assessor with Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools since 2015.  

Mrs Reilly said: “It is an honour and privilege to have been asked to lead St Columba’s School. We will continue to focus on academic rigour and extracurricular excellence, and on providing an inclusive, safe and vibrant learning environment in which all our pupils are encouraged to fulfil their potential."

Mr Calum Paterson, Chairman of the Board of Governors, said: “We are delighted that Vicky Reilly is to be our new Rector. Mrs Reilly has served St Columba’s with great distinction over many years and her values are at one with the School’s. She will be leading a high calibre and dedicated team of teaching and non-teaching staff and we look forward to continued success under her headship.”

St Columba’s School is a non-denominational, independent day school, based in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde.  It is one of Scotland’s highest achieving schools nationally.