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Diary of a headteacher: How will you be remembered?

Whole-school issues
How will you and your teachers be remembered by your pupils when they are older? Tom Donohoe challenges his staff to win a place in their pupils’ memories…

One of my teachers attended a course recently and bumped into a secondary school PE teacher who many years ago (23 to be exact) had been a pupil at the first school I taught at. My colleague messaged me to say how fondly I was remembered by this former pupil. In particular, she apparently credited me with turning her on to sport through the enthusiasm that I had conveyed for PE.

Now, I am sure there were many other teachers in this young girl’s education that also inspired her love of sport, but it was lovely that she apportioned some credit to me for this.

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