Primary school welcomes new principal with promise to 'focus on developing the whole child'
A Staffordshire primary school has welcomed a new principal who says she wants the children in her care to be "well-rounded, happy individuals".
Charlotte Rowley has joined St Austin’s Catholic Primary School in Stafford, part of the Painsley Catholic Academy group.
Mrs Rowley was appointed following the retirement of Michele Hoyle, who spent 14 years as the head of school at St Austin’s.
She was previously deputy headteacher at St Gregory's school in Longton and prior to that was acting principal at St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary Academy in Stoke-on-Trent.
Mrs Rowley originally trained to be a secondary English teacher and worked in high schools for a number of years as a teacher and senior leader.
