Headteacher set to leave Graham School this week
A Scarborough headteacher is to leave her role sooner than expected after she announced she is retiring.
With an Ofsted report due to be published imminently for the school, Helen McEvoy will step down at the end of this week to allow a new leadership team to take over at Graham School.
She said: “I am proud of my time at Graham School, of the students and of those colleagues who have been pas- sionate and committed to the young people and their learning. I am proud of a long career in teaching and school leadership and I retire confident that I leave Graham School in good hands, with a strong and effective team. As the school moves forward I wish everyone concerned great success, especially the students who deserve no less.”
A team of experienced school leaders will be joining Graham School directly after half term to take the school forward for the foreseeable future. Rob Pritchard, the The Yorkshire Teaching School Alliance lead for school-to-school support, will oversee Graham’s new leadership team. Mr Pritchard is also headteacher of St John Fisher Catholic High School in Harrogate, a National Leader of Education and an Ofsted inspector. Rob will bring in a team of senior leaders after half term, including Paul Brockwell who will be Graham’s headteacher. Colette Jones, who has extensive school leadership experience and Emma Lambden, deputy head at St John Fisher, will also be joining the school, along with other Alliance staff.