Dartmouth learning community and one that looks to Kingsbridge, and one of the reasons for starting this was to keep three very different schools, not to make them all the same. Burger chain schools we are not! It is important to us to preserve each school’s uniqueness. In fact, our main aims are diversity, keeping schools within their community, and aspiration. We want to make sure every child and every member of staff has access to the best possible learning and development.” The young Michael Rolls did not want to grow up to be a teacher – with two parents in the profession he was determined to do something different. His mother worked in a primary school and his father became a secondary school technical drawing teacher after working as a draughtsman for Browns Tractors. “He later changed again and trained to be a vicar – in fact he married us,” Michael explained.
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his native Yorkshire brought about an inevitable change of heart and Michael studied for his BEd before becoming a PE trained primary teacher. Use of the outdoors in education remains important to him, and he is delighted that all three federation schools have good sports pitches and plenty of space outside – perfect for the development of exciting learning experiences for the children. When not at school, Michael is outdoors as much as possible. He lives with his wife and two children at Buckfastleigh, where weekends are spent looking after horses, pigs and chickens. Holidays are spent walking the hills of Scotland or the Lake District, and it is important to Michael to have the moors on his doorstep, a landscape so similar to the area near Holmfirth where he grew up, and where his sister still lives. There are plans to bring the children from the three schools together through sport, and via other channels such as working with gifted and talented pupils. Michael believes this will offer more to the children - greater capacity and expertise. He said: “Schools have become ever more complicated and we are trying to simplify education again. I have always been a strong supporter of learning communities and collaboration between schools. This is the next step.”
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And it seems the federation may not have stopped growing. Michael said Kingswear Primary School was keen to come on board with the Our School Federation, and he predicted a three pointed Dartmouth and Kingsbridge learning fellowship developing between Kingsbridge, Dartmouth Academy and the primary learning community.
“Other schools all over this area are now joining together and becoming federations. These are exciting times and it is so important to build these links. For me it is an emotional journey stepping back from what I’ve created, not being a hands on head and allowing others to take on what I have started, but I am in the privileged position of being able to build a strong leadership team for these three schools which will keep them alive, vibrant and central to their communities.”•
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