Your weeky guide to who’s new and who’s leaving
Andrew Milliken, Headteacher, Folkestone Academy
Start date: September 2017
Current job: Head of school, Sedgehill School, south London
Interesting fact: He’s a historian whose favourite specialist subject is the Paris peace talks before the 1960s.
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Chris Jessup, Executive principal, Wellspring Academy Trust, Barnsley
Start date: September 2017
Current job: Headteacher, Yarborough Academy, Grimsby
Interesting fact: He considered training as a chef before deciding to take up teaching.
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Mark Lehain, Director, Parents and teachers for excellence
Start date: September 2017
Current job: Founder and head of Bedford Free School
Interesting fact: His first Saturday job as a teenager was as a conductor on a Routemaster bus. He later worked in retail banking for a couple of years before deciding that educating teenagers was more interesting.
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Barry Smith, Subject specialist leader MFL, Inspiration Trust, Norwich
Start date: September 2017
Current job: Deputy head and co-founder of Michaela Community School, north London
Interesting fact: His favourite karaoke number is Papa Was a Rolling Stone by The Temptations.
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Zoe Lightfoot, Headteacher, Hempland Primary School, York
Start date: September 2017
Current job: Head of school, Haxby Road Primary Academy, York
Interesting fact: She was “gunged” by pupils for Comic Relief this year, with BBC Radio York’s breakfast presenter Kay Crewdson.
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