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Ben is a Principal and CEO of Thomas’s London Day Schools, a family-run group of schools which educates more than 2,000 children aged 2 to 16 in six schools in central London. He was previously Head of Thomas’s Kensington and then Thomas’s Battersea, for a total of 25 years. The most important school rule at Thomas’s is simply, “Be Kind”.

Ben was educated at Eton College, Durham University and the UCL Institute of Education, where he gained a Master’s degree in Education. He is the younger son of David and Joanna Thomas, who founded Thomas's in the 1970s. Ben is married to Katie. They have three children, a son and two daughters, all of whom were pupils at Thomas’s Battersea and are now in their 20s.