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Life is finite, as was the era of sustained improvement under the leadership of (Sir) Paul Grant at the Robert Clack School. In July 2017, Sir Paul Grant retired from the post as headteacher after 20 years of service in that role. In this final chapter, we evaluate his legacy and the task he leaves behind. Once more the question of sustainability emerges, this time tempered by the news that the headteacher successor is Russell Taylor, the deputy headteacher who began his career towards educational leadership as a former student and freshly qualified teacher of the school. As a young man who grew up in Dagenham and knew the school in its ‘dark days’, he is well qualified to determine the school’s future as he demonstrates in the closing statement of this study.
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Male, T., Palaiologou, I. (2019). The End of an Era. In: Sustaining the Comprehensive Ideal. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34156-5_6
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