Thanet management team brought in to support Dover schools
Chris Atkin presenting
flowers to Eve Mummery, whose husband Michael was the first
headteacher of St Edmund's School, after the special Mass to
mark the school's 50th anniversary.
by Graham Tutthill
gtutthill@thekmgroup.co.uk
A management team from a Church of England school in Thanet have
been brought in to support two Dover Catholic schools.
The move follows the sudden resignation of Chris Atkin as
executive head teacher of the Federation of Dover Catholic
Schools.
Staff and pupils at St Edmund’s Catholic School were called to
the school hall to be given the news on Monday, and letters have
been sent home to parents this week. They were told that his
resignation took effect immediately.
The management team from St George’s C of E Foundation School,
Broadstairs, is being brought in to support the federation.
Mr Atkin joined St Edmund’s 14 years ago and it was in 2008
that the federation was set up, covering both St Edmund’s and St
Richard’s Catholic Primary School. Mr Atkin became the executive
head teacher.
A spokesman for the federation said: “After 14 years of service,
Chris Atkin, executive head teacher of the Federation of Dover
Catholic Schools, will step down immediately from the post to allow
for a smoother transition to a leadership which will take the
schools on to even greater success in the future.
“A new leadership team has undertaken to support the federation
until a substantive executive head teacher is put in place. The
main team are Kim Stoner and her two deputies, Richard Billings and
Adam Mirams, from St George’s C of E Foundation School,
Broadstairs.”
No reason has been given for Mr Atkin’s resignation.
Full story in this week's Dover Mercury, together with a
two-page picture spread on the special Mass held at Canterbury
Cathedral to mark St Edmund's School's 50th anniversary
year.
05/12/12
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