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Headteacher Diary: Setting targets for the year ahead

Senior leadership
When it comes to some students, if we don’t aim high for them then no-one will. Our headteacher diarist sets out his targets for the year ahead.

Education has experienced an unprecedented series of reforms in the last five years – some welcome, some not – but what has remained constant is undoubtedly our focus on standards. Great credit should be given to the professionals who have remained professional and focused on delivering the best possible provision for the young people who employ us.

As a new head, I set out the school headline targets for the next academic year and shared these with the staff last week. This year is a transitional period for measuring school performance as we wave goodbye to the five A* to C including English and maths measure with this outgoing cohort of year 11.

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