A senior head teacher who was due to leave the private sector to take charge of a new city academy has pulled out of the project. Tim Hastie-Smith was to run an academy in Kettering, Northamptonshire, sponsored by Anglican schools' group the United Learning Trust. But in a statement he said he had withdrawn from the job in the best interests of the academy. Mr Hastie-Smith was the head of Dean Close School in Cheltenham. His appointment was announced last month as he took over as chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, which includes high-profile schools such as Eton and Harrow. 'Still committed' Mr Hastie-Smith was the first HMC chairman to make the move to the state sector. In a statement, the United Learning Trust announced that Mr...
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