headteachers pay

[billb]

£141k?!! more taxes well spent

'Super head' criticised in report

Dame Jean Else had been praised by the government
A head teacher who was made a dame for improving a Manchester school will not face legal action, despite damning criticism in an independent report.
Dame Jean Else, 53, who is currently suspended, paid a personal friend £13,200 as an unauthorised consultant at Whalley Range High School for Girls.

Her twin sister also got a clerical post and later became assistant head.

The Audit Commission said legal action would not be in the public interest. Dame Jean has defended her policies.

She had been hailed by the government as an example of its approach to education after transforming the performance of the inner city school when she was appointed in 1994.

I remain a professional head teacher committed to the highest standards in everything our school does

Dame Jean Else

She saw her salary rise from £76,193 to £141,653 between 1999 and 2003.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4373386.stm

[scorp]

If she's done the job tasked to her, which looks to be the case, then wheres the problem? She could hire her whole family for all i care.

Interesting her irrelevant-to-the-story wages are mentioned, BBC article is it ?

[minicity]

I'd have thought that her "transforming" of the school was more important than this trivia.

[Jaglover]

It shows clearly that if schools are made more independent proper safeguards need to be in place.

Whether internally through a powerful board of governors or through external auditors.