For me, it’s been a pretty intense year. After deciding on an almost complete lifestyle change, I headed towards the Dales, leaving behind 25 years of inner-city teaching and headship to become head teacher of one of North Yorkshire’s three maintained nursery schools.
My new staff team are welcoming and hardworking, while neighbouring heads have been tolerant and attentive. I understood that moving to a smaller setting would mean new priorities and I’ve been unfazed by having to wear many hats – I am now the SENCO, safeguarding lead and have a teaching commitment. But coming from an inner-city London estate in a small authority, what I wasn’t prepared for was the enormity of North Yorkshire; it really is huge.
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