07.10.10
Headteacher Blog – Time for Reflection
I cannot believe that it is nearly the end of 2009 – 2010. Only two weeks of term left. Wow! This year really has flown by!
For those of you who don’t know me quite so well……I have been a Primary Headteacher for just over two years now. I was appointed on April 1st (hmmm) 2008. Prior to my Headship I worked in four different schools, two very different LAs, was a Leading Teacher for Early Years for some time, then was an Assistant Head, then a Deputy Head.
Luckily for me I have worked for a number of truly inspirational Headteachers who have helped to shape my values and my actions. The last two years have been very challenging but also very rewarding. During this time the governors and I have appointed four new teachers to the school, including an outstanding Deputy Headteacher who has supported me throughout the last twelve months.
Our school is moving from strength to strength! We have an outstanding team!
My staff have consistently worked hard for the last seven terms to ensure that our school develops and progresses both academically and in so many other ways. An outstanding feature of our school is the dedication that the staff have to the children. The staff will always make the time to spend with the children, before school, after school, during breaks and at dinnertimes, nurturing them and talking to them about their worries and aspirations.
Outside of the school I have been supported and challenged by Headteachers in Bolton and school has recently gained the support from a Local leader in Education programme. This help should be cross hierarchical and will filter across to all of the staff in school, including the RQTs and the NQTs.
I am happy for my staff to become experts in their fields. I have no fear that some of my staff have strengths that will exceed mine – I embrace the opportunity to learn with my staff! And I want my staff to teach me in the same way that I can teach them!
My plan for the next three years is to reach out and experience as many outstanding schools as possible and thus to develop a clear sense of the character of HEATHFIELD SCHOOL. How can my staff become outstanding unless I immerse them in outstanding learning? I want to immerse myself and my staff and my children in OUTSTANDINGNESS! How very exciting! I am already planning 2010 -2011!
jfb57 said,
July 10, 2010 at 4:39 pm
You’ve certainly had a great year Dianne! Make sure you have a good rest (completely away from school thinking) so that you can attack next year with as much energy as you have done this!
headteacher said,
July 11, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Thanks Julia!