Changes at KGGS - 23 March 2007

As the old school of one of the best known women in the world, the Kesteven Girls Grammar School has a reputation that extends even beyond our national borders (just as the Kings School will forever and everywhere be linked with the great name of Isaac Newton).

But what I immediately think of when someone mentions K.G.G.S. is that it is a vital educational asset for today’s children in Grantham.

A lot of people have been mentioning K.G.G.S. to me over the past few weeks – and many of them very anxiously. That is why I asked to see the chairman and deputy chairman of governors, and heard from them how they were planning to deal with a difficult, and certainly deeply worrying, situation.

I think that they have done well to take the action they have.
K.G.G.S. now has a new interim head, Graham Burks, whom I hope to meet shortly. Everyone in Grantham will wish him very well.

Of course some people will be worried that he is only “interim”, but I have urged the governors to take what time they need to make a permanent appointment. Whatever happens, the school cannot afford to make another serious mistake.

The important thing now is for an atmosphere of calm, seriousness and hard work to prevail.

G.C.S.E., A.S. and A. level exams are all coming up. The absolute determination of every teacher must be that no girl is distracted in any way, or does less than her best, or suffers in her future career as a result of the indiscipline of others, or organisational or personality issues that are in no way the fault of any pupil

From now on only one thing counts. That K.G.G.S. concentrates on setting and achieving the very highest academic standards, and the fullest all-round education for its pupils.