Mr D Slade - Deputy Headmaster (Pupil & Pastoral)

Mr Slade is Deputy Headmaster (Pupil & Pastoral) at Lady Barn House School, with over 30 years’ experience across the prep, senior, international and special school sectors. He leads the school’s pastoral provision and works closely with families and staff to ensure every child feels supported, valued and able to thrive.

A highly experienced senior leader, Mr Slade is passionate about inspiring excellent pastoral care and improving outcomes for all pupils. During his career, he has held a range of leadership positions, including Director of Sport and Deputy Head of Boarding, and has extensive experience working with the Independent Schools Inspectorate.

Mr Slade holds a B.Ed. (Hons) in Education and is both a Mental Health and Paediatric First Aider. He recently established the ISA Northwest Pastoral Network and has contributed to work towards achieving a national accreditation for whole-school mental health and wellbeing provision.

What Mr Slade enjoys most about Lady Barn is its strong sense of community and its shared commitment to helping children flourish.

Outside school, he is a devoted family man with two grown-up children and a younger son who currently attends Lady Barn. A former England Schools and National League basketball player and county schools cricketer, Mr Slade remains actively involved in sport.

A fun fact: he once invited the Archbishop of Canterbury to deliver a team talk to a touring LBHS cricket team.