The Biggs family legacy at Haileybury is a remarkable story that spans four generations and 129 years.
Robert Ramsay (OH 1901) attended Haileybury’s first campus from 1896 to 1901 and won the Mathematics Prize.
Ian Biggs (OH 1968), the grandson of Robert Ramsay, attended Haileybury Keysborough as a student from 1963 to 1968. He has two brothers, Peter and David and together they won the Victorian Interschool Skiing Championship in 1968, and subsequently went on to win a further three times. Peter was also Dux in 1969 and won the Mathematics Prize, amongst many others.
Ian taught at Haileybury Keysborough and Berwick campuses from 1988 until 2011. Whilst he predominantly taught Mathematics and Japanese he was also Head of Castlefield House, Head of Athletics and Head of Skiing. He also coached football, tennis, cricket and basketball and was Head of the inaugural Berwick Senior School Campus.
Ian has two sons, Luke (OH 1994) and Nick (OH 1996). Whilst at Haileybury, Luke won Academic Honours, and Nick won Football Honours.
Nick Biggs married Kimberly Young, who currently teaches at Newlands Haileybury and was Head of Middle School Girls. Their daughter, Billie Biggs, was born in 2020 and is attending three-year-old kindergarten at Newlands this year, making her the fourth generation of the Biggs family to attend Haileybury over a 129 year time span.