Education appoints executive head teacher and director of education

The committee has announced Liz Coffey, the current head teacher of the Grammar School and Sixth Form Centre, has been

appointed as executive head teacher of the new 11-18 secondary school, which will operate in two colleges, while Andrew Warren will be the director of education.

Mr Warren, who has stepped down from his position of a non-voting member of the committee, is a former head teacher at Forest and La Houguette Primary Schools and Blanchelande College.

‘These two appointments are of critical importance to the Committee’s extensive agenda of reform,' said Education, Sport & Culture president Deputy Matt Fallaize.

Mrs Coffey has over 25 years’ experience of education, previously led an all ability 11-18 school and was designated as a National Leader in Education. She will immediately work closely with the existing secondary schools and will gradually assume her new duties as executive head teacher while continuing as head teacher of the Grammar School and Sixth Form Centre until the end of the academic year.

An announcement will be made about the future leadership of the Grammar School and Sixth Form Centre before the summer holidays.

Mrs Coffey said: ‘These are challenging yet incredibly exciting times in education locally and I am thrilled to have been appointed as the new executive head teacher.

'I look forward to working with the committee, students, colleagues, parents and the community, to lead on the reforms, developing the new structure for secondary education, providing opportunity and excellence for all.’

Mr Warren, who was also previously an assistant director at the Education office, said while much of the recent focus had been on the reforms of secondary and post-16 education, he was conscious of the many other areas of education where significant focus was needed.

'The director of education is responsible for leading across the whole field of education, from early years through to higher education, and I am very much looking forward to using the experience I have gained across the primary and secondary phases to provide educational leadership.’