Connor
Marston

Connor Marston joined NHGS in September 2020 and is the school’s Extracurricular Music Coordinator (and Teacher of Music) and also a Teacher of French and Spanish, having previously taught at Prince Henry’s Grammar School (Otley), Harrogate Grammar School and at the Colegio Pintor Félix Revello de Toro (Málaga, Spain). He was appointed as a Staff Governor in March 2021. Twice a graduate of the University of Leeds, his studies in education focussed on research into the declining number of boys opting to study GCSEs in languages and as a part of this, he was part of the All-Party Parliamentary Group meeting on the matter in January 2020, in connection with the British Council. Mr Marston completed the National Professional Qualification in Leading Teaching in 2023 and occasionally delivers training sessions to other teaching colleagues in school.

Mr Marston is passionate about the Performing Arts, leading on the school’s extracurricular music offering as part of the wider Ambit programme. He co-directs the school’s Rock Choir and Choral Group and leads many of the school’s other musical events, such as the annual Music Competition and the school’s lunchtime concert series. The Carol Service at Halifax Minster is one of his annual highlights. In his role in the languages department, Mr Marston coordinates the school’s Translation Bee competition and runs the Key Stage 4 French and Spanish study trips. A core member of the school’s Data Working Group, he has a keen eye for figures and he also has a key role in monitoring student data in his subject areas, and as an advocate for financial education, he also teaches the Year 13 provision of the subject as part of the PSHE programme.

Outside of school, Mr Marston has been on the committee of the Leeds Concert Band since 2016 and in 2023 became the band’s Director of Music; he is also the Choirmaster at St. Margaret’s Church, Horsforth. In the little spare time he has, he enjoys some light DIY projects, European travel, trips to the Yorkshire countryside and very occasionally attempts to recreate international cuisine in his own kitchen!