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I loved my school days.  I loved the friendships and the learning, the outdoor space and the school trips, the teachers and the sport.  I squeaked away badly on my violin, I sang with tuneless confidence and loved being on the stage.  In fact the only thing I disliked was the school food.  My education helped to shape me into the person I am today.  It gave me my passions for mathematics and science, the confidence to lead assemblies and staff meetings, my sense of right and wrong and my innate desire to be the best that I can be.  You could say I have never left school, but nor have I ever stopped learning. 

As I write my welcome for the website, we are in the calm before the storm as the school slumbers.  From the first time I visited Danes Hill in 2011 I recognised what a special school it is, I am now delighted to find myself here, as Head.  At the moment the school is quiet, the corridors are empty of children, but there is a purposeful buzz as the team prepare the fabric of the building and the grounds for another term full of laughter and learning, magic moments and lifelong lessons. 

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