A 'SUPER head' drafted in to turn around the failing Barnsley Academy has left because of 'very different views' to the school's sponsor on managing students' behaviour.

Roger Burman was brought in to the Kendray school, hailed as one of the most improved in England less than three years ago, after it was branded inadequate by Ofsted inspectors in March.

However, Mr Burman has since left the school after only a month as executive principal.

 

** The full story appears in the Barnsley Chronicle, dated May 16. **