CHIEF EXECUTIVE

"The College is led by an inspirational Principal who has established a culture of rigorous self-evaluation and continuous improvement."

DfES audit. May 2006

Frank Green joined The Leigh City Technology College in 1997 as its second Principal and it was also his second headship. He has led us now for nearly 11 years and encouraged us all to aim for the very highest standard which many students now achieve. He is never satisfied with where we have reached and is always planning the route to the next level up. So far this has brought us to our new Academy status, our new building and our new learning environment, which it is up to us to use to achieve our next levels of success. So how did he get to where he is?

After graduating from Imperial College and a short stint of employment in the electricity industry and as a taxi driver, he became a science teacher in 1973.

Over the next 19 years he rose through the profession to Deputy Head, via Head of Chemistry and Head of Science, before being appointed to the post of Headmaster of The Lincoln School of Science and Technology, a new school and the first Specialist School. It helped establish the model of the new style of secondary education and whetted his appetite for innovation and change. From there he joined us in 1997.

During the past 10 years he has enabled the school to develop working partnerships with over 60 other schools and organisations. Chief amongst these would be Kent and Medway Training, our Primary school Technology partnerships and our IT Academies programmes with Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple and Linux.

Frank has worked closely with the Specialist Schools Trust to promote and develop the specialist schools’ programme and the restructuring of secondary education, establishing the Vision 2020 group, now Futures Vision, as a leading, action think-tank. Recently Frank has been appointed a National Leader of Education and The Leigh Technology Academy a National Support School, by the National College for School Leadership in recognition of our work. He now provides input into many programmes for the National College of School Leadership.

He has also written many articles on aspects of educational leadership and innovation, including the book, ‘The Head Teacher in the 21st Century’.