headmaster

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Founders’ headmaster Jason Caros rejects the allegation of “Christian nationalism” but argues that there is much to be said for those traditional values, pedagogy and curriculum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Collins, born in 1940, was raised near Liverpool by a schoolteacher mother and a headmaster father.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

The youngsters join John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore, the school's key professors being played by Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall and Paapa Essiedu, as Severus Snape.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

Lithgow, 79, confirmed to Screen Rant in an interview published Tuesday he is set to play Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

“If Snape hadn’t held me up,” Harry said bitterly, “we might’ve got there in time. ‘The headmaster is busy, Potter . . . what’s this rubbish, Potter?’

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling