Highbridge’s King Alfred School has announced its new headteacher who will taking over the role when Andy Owen retires later this year.
The school’s governing body has appointed Mrs Denise Richards as the new headteacher, who will take up the post on 1st September.
Denise is currently headteacher at St Julian’s School in Newport and was previously deputy headteacher at the Priory Community School in nearby Weston-super-Mare.
Existing headteacher Andy Owen announced in February that he would be retiring.
He said: “I will have completed 30 years as a teacher; eight years at King Alfred’s with four of those years as headteacher and I feel that the time has arrived for me to retire from teaching and to move on to the next chapter in my life. I may well return to education in an advisory or consultancy capacity at some future stage.”
“I have every confidence that the governing body and the staff will continue to pursue the target of becoming an outstanding school and offer every support in the appointment of my successor.”
“As you know I am immensely proud of the school and the work we have done together in improving the education of our young people. Please be reassured that I will be redoubling my efforts over the remainder of this academic year to ensure the best possible outcomes for our students.”
