Department for Education statistics show that the percentage of teachers recorded as White British is over 89 per cent and White British headteachers exceed 93 per cent of the workforce. Raynham Primary School is based in Enfield local authority where the BME pupil-teacher ratio is 2.38 (i.e. 50 per cent of pupils but only 21 per cent of teachers are of BME origin).
The school has many challenges to overcome in order to support individual pupil progress, including deprivation, a transient pupil population and cultural beliefs about education.
Yet, after 18 years as headteacher at the school, Marva Rollins still enjoys the role and making a positive difference for the children and families in her community. The following quotation is displayed on the wall of her office:
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