Stability key to success at Lymm High School

“Stability key to success” – new principal Gwyn Williams

STABILITY will be the key to success at Lymm High School says new Principal Gwyn Williams.
Mr Williams, who recently took up tenure at the school said: “The school needs stability and I want to move forward and turn it into a fantastic school again.
“There are some changes I want to make but first I will spend time listening to the staff and parents and the wider community and get their views to mix in with my own experiences to
establish what the main priorities are.
“It is clear the staff need a period of continued stability which they have had for the past couple of years.
“We can now start planning for the future in a more structured way which can only help in building the type of school we want to build.
“I am not driven by Ofsted results but would expect an outstanding school to be delivered by results.
“The starting point is to build a fantastic school and work towards superb exam results for all students, with lots of extra-curricular activities underpinned by impeccable behaviour.
“Young people are always capable of achieving more and we need to ensure they are challenged and stretched in a positive way.”
The former Wales school international hockey player has moved from Wallingford School in Oxfordshire, where he was deputy at a similar school in many respects to Lymm, where was central to turning what was an underachieving school, into one with the best examination outcomes in Oxfordshire.
Previously the school was under the leadership of an interim executive principal, Tarun Kapur, from the Dean Trust.
Mr Kapur was drafted in following the suspension of former Head Teacher Angela Walsh, who eventually resigned.
During her period in charge the school faced a catalogue of issues including financial irregularities and the loss of 45 staff, causing a period of instability.