A NEW headteacher has been appointed to lead a school near Hartley Wintney.

Deborah Henderson has been appointed as the new headteacher of St Neot’s Preparatory School, in Eversley, and will start in the new academic year in September this year.

She replaces co-head teachers Maria Lloyd, who will retire at the end of this term, and Peter Withers, who will resume his former role as deputy headteacher.