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Kenny Frederic

leaves the direction of a new challenge. Here she discusses her career and asks: Is there ever a good time to go?

It feels very strange and unstable to me that we are entering a new year. 2013 (July) will be the year I retired from 17 years of leadership. It took a few years for my mind and agree with my decision. Then I had to tell my governor and my colleagues. I did in September, when we returned to school and I thought it was just to give them as much information as possible. However, the prologue to invite to my birthday party 60 years in early October (invitations in July) so they can solve the sums. They knew what would happen. I left it until after mid-October to tell students and parents.

Why should I? I turned 60 in October and will be almost 61 when I leave. I was chief for 17 years and think it's time to let someone else have a chance. I'm not tired or exhausted or disappointed until I just think it's time to go to something new. I wondered if the government force me to leave and the answer is no. Although we hate everything that this government represents, especially in education, I would never allow myself expelled. Those who know me, know I like a good challenge and I would really like to sit outside, but it would not be good for my school and frankly, that's all that matters to me. I hope you still involved in education and make my opinions heard what I'll do.

I've never been a frontrunner. By that I mean I've never been to a school in another pursuit of the next promotion. I became a head because he was bullied as a member and had to leave one way or another. I decided to go to the station and show that he was a model of leadership that was necessary or desirable, and I've been there ever since.

We are in the midst of a renovation BSF and I will not be here to see the finished product. In fact, I moved into my new office, which has windows (those of you who have visited my office know that over the last 16 years has been a bunker), but unfortunately, you can actually discover or come walk until the next August - when I'm gone, because the area is used by the manufacturers. But it does not matter, my head was not in an office or building pathetic loser. It must work with the children and the staff very big working hard to make learning interesting.

Kenny is Director Frederick George Green School in London, and member of the executive committee of the NAHT. Find her on Twitter at @ kennygfrederick.
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