Tony Pickhaver
Head of Junior School
Born and raised in Buckinghamshire, England, Tony Pickhaver has been teaching in education for over seventeen years, many of them in a leadership role.
After graduating from University, he began the first few years of his career teaching in Key Stage Two in a highly multicultural learning environment in London. In the summer of 2006, he took the decision to move abroad and begin his teaching internationally, spending two years teaching in Ho Chi Minh City before moving to a leading international school in Cairo. It was at his school in Cairo where he gaining valuable professional experience of student learning in Key Stage One and began his leadership journey as a Year Group Leader.
After a several years working in different year groups and living through the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, Tony moved to Shanghai. At Dulwich college Shanghai Pudong, he continued to add value to his students’ learning and further embed his leadership skills as a Year Group Leader in the professional development of his team. He then spent four years as an Assistant Head before moving to Dulwich College Shanghai Puxi as the Deputy Head of Primary School for the next three years.
Tony joined us as the Head of the Junior School in August 2023. He has a keen interest in promoting intercultural awareness and is an avid reader of the Economist. Running has been a keen personal pursuit for Tony in his spare time. To date, he has run one full marathon and six half marathons in a variety of countries.
