John Hall (priest)

John Robert Hall (born 13 March 1949) is an English retired priest of the Church of England.

[2][3] Hall served as assistant curate at St John the Divine's Church in Kennington from 1975 to 1978 and was then priest-in-charge of All Saints' Wimbledon from 1978 to 1984.

[2][3] At various times Hall has been a governor of 10 schools and two universities, a member of two local authority education committees and of the General Teaching Council for England.

He has written widely and debated publicly on educational matters and was instrumental in the production of the Dearing Report in 2001 and its follow-up, which led to a significant expansion in the number of Church of England secondary schools.

On 30 October 2019, Hall was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for service to the Monarch.