Shiplake College is delighted to welcome Peter Blewett to the Governing Body. Peter is currently the Vice Chairman of the British Judo Association and Chairman of the Budokwai Martial Arts Club in Chelsea.
Peter was educated at the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe. After initially working in the insurance business, Peter trained to become a Physical Education Teacher and taught successfully for thirty-eight years mainly in central London assuming senior management roles in a number of different schools over a twenty year period and leading on Child Protection in three different schools. He was a Vice Principal at the Langley Academy and as Acting Principal successfully led the Academy through its first Ofsted Inspection in 2012. Whilst at the Academy he led on the establishment of the rowing specialism.
He was elected to the British Judo Board of Directors in November 2012. He is also a 7th Dan, Senior Examiner, Senior Club Coach. Peter won the British National Championships in 1979 and competed for Great Britain in the World Student Games in Rio de Janeiro in 1978 where he returned as Head of the Judo delegation at the Paralympics in 2016.
Peter is married and lives in Fulham with his wife Christine and two grown up daughters Lucy and Annabel.