For me creativity goes way beyond the creative arts and the classroom,” explained Paul Jackson, headteacher of Manorfield Primary School in Tower Hamlets. “We all have to be creative in lots of ways: in our curricula, in our leadership, in the use of our buildings – and in our general thinking.”
Mr Jackson joined the 700-pupil school – which serves the most deprived part of the third most deprived local authority in the country – as an interim head in January 2016 with a remit to halt the school’s sliding results. And his determination and vision has certainly had a positive impact, with Manorfield’s key stage 2 performance now significantly above the national average.
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