A Lesson We Can Learn From ; As a Little Girl Liz Quinn Loathed School yet Grew Up to Become the Uk's Headteacher of the Year. She has Lessons for Us All, Writes Zoe Chamberlain
Birmingham Post › December 31, 2009
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Liz Quinn went into teaching because she hated school when she was a child. She is now the UK's headteacher of the year.
She took the reins at Stourport High School and Sixth Form Centre in 2000 when it was close to being put into Special Measures by Ofsted.See the full content of this document
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A Lesson We Can Learn From ; As a Little Girl Liz Quinn Loathed School yet Grew Up to Become the Uk's Headteacher of the Year. She has Lessons for Us All, Writes Zoe Chamberlain
Today, the school is recognised as Out-t standing by Ofsted - something which the exam results and general attitude around the school reflects.
Ms Quinn, whose husband and sister are also headteachers, was 'a quiet rebel' when she was younger as she hated the convent school she attended in Manchester.Her dislike of school life sparked a desire to do things differently, to make the classroom an inspirational place to be rather than a depressing one.Walk...See the full content of this document
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