A Birmingham headteacher has won top marks after being named best chief of a public school.
John Claughton, chief master of King Edward's School in Edgbaston, won the prestigious gong at the annual Tatler Schools Awards 2016.
He beat competition from the heads of Cheltenham Ladies' College, Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, St Edward's Oxford and St Swithun's School in Winchester.
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Mr Claughton said: "I am thrilled to have received this award. It's not often that it finds its way north of Oxford and I think this reflects the remarkable nature of the school, not of its head.
"King Edward's is a great school and it has been for a long, long time.
"These days it is providing a remarkable education for a bunch of boys of great social and ethnic diversity and, in so doing, is preparing them for the complex world that lies beyond. That's what really matters."
The award is a fitting accolade for Mr Claughton who retires in August next year after ten years as chief master at King Edward's School.
During his leadership, there have been major developments in all aspects of the school, including spearheading an £8.5 million fund-raising drive to pay for fees for pupils from deprived backgrounds.
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Through the support of the school's alumni, it has built an £11 million performing arts centre, a £5 million science and modern languages centre and a £2.5 million hockey pavilion and astro pitch.
In 2010, the school also took the Diploma for all boys in the sixth form. And exam results for both the IB and GCSEs are at a record high.
The school has also been shortlisted for the best independent-maintained school in the TES Independent School Awards 2015, with the winners due to be announced on Friday.
It is being recognised for its outreach programme which sees it engage with almost 11,000 children within the local community each year.