Step into a Coventry headship - Video and audio transcripts

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I sort of dared to dream, "I wonder 
if I could be a teacher?". I didn't  

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go to university until I was 36 and 
it's the best thing I've ever done.

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It's really lovely when we see our 
children coming back from when they're  

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in secondary school or even further 
and I've had children come and say,  

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"I remember when you taught me and you said 
to believe in myself and, and now I do. I've  

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really worked hard and this is a career I'm 
doing now" and that is absolutely wonderful.

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Quick sit down quick yeah. You haven't had a go. 
Do you want a go? Go on then, let's hear you.

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Having the passion around the school I think 
was always key and it was very much that I think  

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that when you are invested in something 
and something then invests back in you,  

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it gives you a kind of a partnership, 
a cohesion, between the two being the  

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school and yourself that they want you 
to do well so you want to do well for them.

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I want to create an outstanding community 
with an outstanding school at its heart.  

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That's that's what I'm aiming for and that's 
what I think if you asked people that I'm  

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working with that they can see that drive 
in me and they want to be part of that too.

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Learning of your subject areas outside, that's 
not a separate activity and that's what is key.

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Different schools suit different people and 
I think it's very much about, um, you know if  

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you're aspiring to be a new head it's about going 
getting out there seeing getting that experience  

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of what what's the school like, uh, what's the 
ethos of the school um and really you know making  

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sure that in terms of what your beliefs are that 
that's a good fit for you and for that school.

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okay, lovely. I'm really pleased we've got 
a family coming from Albania so we're going  

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to need another flag for the display. In my 
school alone we have children from 46 different  

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countries. That means we have 44 languages spoken 
there and that's incredible. That diversity is  

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it makes us rich and it's that tolerance and 
empathy and understanding for faith and culture  

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that is unique to somewhere like Coventry. 
I think it's a very special place to work.

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I couldn't imagine doing another job now. 
It's having the impact on children over a  

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period of time, bringing a community together 
and flourishing as a group that is the most  

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rewarding, the bit that I'm probably 
most proud of is being a head teacher.

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I've got a question for you. Hand down for a 
minute. There were lots of different examples and  

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I've got a Year 4 example here, and there were 
lots of different challenges that we have set

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