Academy head quits after four months

From the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-25623251


The head of a new academy in North Tyneside has quit just four months after it opened. The Woodard Trust, which runs Kings Priory said "vision differences" about the school's future were to blame for the departure of principal David Dawes.

"A statement from the Woodard Trust, which sponsors the academy, said: "Owing to a difference of personal vision with the trust over key aspects of the school's future leadership and direction, Mr Dawes offered to step down from his post at the end of December 2013 which was accepted. The King's School The new academy, Kings Priory School, opened in September "In the circumstances it was agreed by both parties that it would be in the best interests of the school for this to be with immediate effect.""