 Jane Stanley was appointed to succeed Mexted and took up the position of principal at the beginning of the second term in May 2017.She is married to former Olympic rower Mike Stanley (rower).Physically merely a few hundred metres apart, Westlake Girls and Westlake Boys engage in an annual theatrical production together, several joint musical ensembles (including a joint choir, two orchestras, a concert band and a jazz band), and some social dances, among other things.