The school formerly known as Camden Juniors is due to have a permanent headteacher in the new year.
We have been told that the person that Harris had originally selected as headteacher for the school has now been re-offered the post and has accepted and is due to join the school in January 2014.
Back in June, Harris told parents that they had appointed a permanent headteacher for Camden who was ready to start in September. They also told parents that they were in a position to appoint this person before a decision had been taken on who would be the sponsor for Camden, as they would have a role for them in their organisation in any case.
However, the person said they had appointed withdrew and instead the autumn term started with an interim head teacher.
Sir Robin Bosher has now told MP Tom Brake that the person that they had originally appointed declined the post because the board of governors ‘withdrew support for the appointment’.
This seems a bit odd, because it was Harris who were responsible for the appointment of the headteacher, not the governing body, and we are not aware that the Governing Body ever actually gave its ‘support’ to the appointment.
Sir Robin also told Tom that the board of governors ‘didn’t want to appoint a permanent headteacher’ – which also sounds strange because a permanent headteacher was something governors and parents were keen to ensure.
Previously Sean Cox of the DfE told parents that Harris had told them that the reason for their preferred candidate withdrawing his application was that he had been told that Greenshaw school would not uphold the appointment if they became sponsor.
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