Robert Dowling (teacher)

Sir Robert Dowling (born 1940) is a British schoolteacher and headmaster in the city of Birmingham, England.

He is known for turning around the George Dixon Academy from closing, and was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2002 Birthday Honours, "For services to Special Needs Education".^[1][2]

In 2005, he was praised by OFSTED for his role in dealing with issues of sex and morality in his school.^[3]

He was ^[when?] Headmaster of St George's School, Edgbaston, Birmingham, subsequently becoming Chairman of the school's board of trustees.^[4][5]