EXCLUSIVE: Croydon’s last senior school to have survived academisation has spent the past six months recruiting for a new headteacher, without success. By our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE
Head hunters: Archbishop Tenison’s is the last secondary in Croydon that is not run by an academy
Pupils and parents of Archbishop Tenison’s CofE High School are setting off for their long summer break today with no idea who will be their next headteacher.
Richard Parrish is retiring after 21 years as the historic school’s headteacher. Parrish’s impending retirement was hardly a secret or unpredictable, and he confirmed it to the governors in January. But after a recruitment search that has been going on all year, the school’s governors have been unable to identify a suitable replacement.
Following the recent closures of two other church-linked secondaries – St Andrew’s and Virgo Fidelis – Tenison’s is now the last remaining secondary school in the borough subject to any degree of oversight by Croydon Council.
All Croydon’s other state secondary schools have converted to academies or free schools, many coming under Oasis or Harris Foundation. Continue reading
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