Many people would struggle to see the similarities between a headteacher and a football manager, but for the headteacher of St Bede’s Catholic High School in Ormskirk, there are many affinities. Mr Phil Denton has headed up St Bede’s for four years. For Phil, teaching wasn’t an obvious career path. After
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A winning formula Surrounded by terraced houses in the streets of St Helens lies Parish CE Primary School. Built in 1912, you can immediately tell the school was, and continues, to play a huge part in the community. Leading the school is Jennifer Young, 39, from Prescot. Jennifer studied English and German
A new report from school leaders’ union NAHT finds that school business leaders (SBLs) are less satisfied in their roles than twelve months ago and fewer would recommend the profession to others. The report “School Business Leadership in Crisis?”, NAHT identifies the urgent challenges that must be tackled to create the conditions
Empowering the future generation St John Bosco Arts College is situated in Croxteth, Liverpool, and is led by University of Liverpool alumnus, Darren Gidman. Darren began his teaching career in 1997 when he became a teacher of mathematics at Archbishop Beck Catholic College. During his time here, he took on a range
At the time of the visit (18 March), it had been over year since the Educate team had the pleasure of stepping foot inside a school to conduct a headteacher interview. Schools had only just reopened a week ago and whilst the way we met staff and students has changed