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Local Headteacher earns more than PM, Kennet and Trinity head earns £175k a year |
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Jul 20 2010, 09:32 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Jul 20 2010, 10:27 PM) http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article...articleID=14018I usually find it very easy to knock people and as most will know have no problems about complaining about what I think is wrong. The recent revelation of the primary school teacher in London earning £200k being one of those times. I now read that a local head is earning ridiculous amounts, but as I know him and indeed went to one of his schools, I found my reaction to be much less severe. I still think it's too much, and also another example of the public sector paying out over the odds again but somehow am slightly more accepting. I just wondered if anyone had any feelings one way or the other. Is this the teacher who is head of two schools? If that is the case then should that amount to what is basically two salaries? Makes my £22,000 p.a. look like peanuts if they are nearly getting this per month. Mind you higher tax bracket !!!
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Jul 20 2010, 10:34 PM
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QUOTE (pinkfluffyclouds @ Jul 20 2010, 10:32 PM) Makes my £22,000 p.a. look like peanuts if they are nearly getting this per month. It does, I agree, but would you have the skills required to run two senior schools, or even, would you want to for whatever salary.
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Jul 21 2010, 08:13 AM
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QUOTE (spartacus @ Jul 20 2010, 11:01 PM) Mr Di.ck (editted for rudeness) is the Head .... in fact he's a Super-Head. The pay is excessive in relative terms, but if his leadership manages to turn around the recent results at Trinity School and still keeps Kennet school on track as being one of the most successful comprehensive schools in the south then maybe (just maybe) he's earned his crust... Does he do it all on his own then?
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Jul 21 2010, 08:16 AM
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QUOTE (Bloggo @ Jul 21 2010, 08:53 AM) £175k a year for doing any teaching job in local education seems excessive. Does he still teach? I doubt if he has much time to prepare lessons and teach them if he has two schools to run.
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Jul 21 2010, 08:23 AM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Jul 21 2010, 09:16 AM) Does he still teach? I doubt if he has much time to prepare lessons and teach them if he has two schools to run. He may well do? I used the word generically to reflect the whole profession and those functions carried out within it.
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Jul 21 2010, 10:43 AM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 21 2010, 09:13 AM) Does he do it all on his own then? What do you think?..... Does WBC Chief Exec turn his hand to a bit of pot-hole filling on his own to earn his crust? 'course not.... But does Mr D lead and inspire those within his team to greater things? Does he pass that ethos on to his staff so that pupils are encouraged to 'be the best they can be'? It seems from the results that he may well do.. Turning around a failing school in Trinity and attracting capable staff to come to such a school takes some doing.... Marks at Kennet School have been consistently admirable under his charge... QUOTE (blackdog @ Jul 21 2010, 09:16 AM) Does he still teach? I doubt if he has much time to prepare lessons and teach them if he has two schools to run. My son was still in Kennet last year and Mr D did take the odd spell in front of class when teacher's were short through illness etc. He has the ability to cuff it..
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Jul 21 2010, 11:29 AM
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QUOTE (spartacus @ Jul 21 2010, 11:43 AM) What do you think?..... Does WBC Chief Exec turn his hand to a bit of pot-hole filling on his own to earn his crust? 'course not.... But does Mr D lead and inspire those within his team to greater things? Does he pass that ethos on to his staff so that pupils are encouraged to 'be the best they can be'? Shouldn't they get a cut then?
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Jul 21 2010, 12:39 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 21 2010, 12:29 PM) Shouldn't they get a cut then? I doubt that they work for nothing.
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Jul 21 2010, 02:22 PM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Jul 21 2010, 02:30 PM) When Mr D was just head of Kennet and another head was running Trinity I guess that their joint salaries were approaching this level - while one of the schools was failing. Now the failing school is improving and the excellent one remains excellent - it seems he can do a better job on his own than he and his opposite number at Shaw were able to do previously. It obviously comes down to the capability of the individual - you could easily argue that he was wasted running just the one school and should even be given a couple more to supervise. Surely all heads should be capable, just because one has failed doesn't necessarily make another twice as good as every other head in the country and worth this money - the failed head could have been just really bad and Mr D just average. There must be other heads capable of running Trinity at a more normal rate of pay. What happened to the old Trinity head, hope he isn't still a head elsewhere......
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