Carlton Duncan

Carlton Duncan hails from Kingston, Jamaica, the land of his birth and early education. As a child, Carlton became consumed with the idea of becoming a schoolteacher. The fervor, influence, and style of Carlton’s own headteacher, Mr. Austin Constantine Pyne in the 1950s constantly spurred him on. Circumstances led Carlton to immigrate to the United Kingdom early in the 1960s in search of his teaching qualifications. Following a four-year University of Wales education, Carlton was at last a practitioner in the classroom. Despite the numerous obstacles and struggles, his determination and ambition ensured that Carlton reached the pinnacle of his profession, not once but twice, when he became Britain’s first black headmaster of a secondary school in Yorkshire 1982 and repeated the feat in Birmingham in 1986.