Andrew Hall, Calday Grange grammar school
A LEADING Wirral grammar school has suspended its head teacher, the Daily Post can reveal.
Stunned pupils and parents were told Andrew Hall, head teacher at top-performing Calday Grange grammar school, in West Kirby, was suspended by governors.
Pupils were yesterday given a letter home confirming Mr Hall, headmaster at the Grammar School Lane school since 2002, will be “absent for a while”.
The school has refused to comment on the reasons behind Mr Hall’s suspension, which came just two months after he helped guide his students to record GCSE results, with 55% of entries graded A* or A.
But in a statement, chairman of governors Margaret Twemlow (OK) said: “The matters under investigation are not of a financial or child protection nature.
“Staff and governors will continue to work together to ensure the effective running of the school.”
The Daily Post understands the suspension surrounds clashes between governors and Mr Hall over the way Calday Grange was being run.
In January, the school, which dates back to 1636, making it Wirral’s oldest surviving grammar school, became the first in the borough to become a Trust school.