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Britain’s ‘best headteacher’ who earns £160,000-a-year and has stellar reputation for turning around failing schools is suspended under investigation by her academy trust bosses
- Headteacher once dubbed the best in Britain has been suspended by academy
- Karen Hutchings build a reputation for turning around failing schools in the UK
- Her £158,389 salary last year angered unions, which said that it was excessive
- It is not clear why she has been suspended or what the investigation is for
A headteacher once dubbed the best in Britain has been suspended by her academy trust pending an investigation.
Karen Hutchings, head of New Park Primary School in Kensington, Liverpool, and chief executive of the Sail Academy Trust, built a reputation for turning around failing schools.
In 2016, Mrs Hutchings was named Headteacher of the Year in the prestigious Times Educational Supplement (TES) awards.
At the time the then editor of TES, Ann Mroz, said: ‘Karen Hutchings is a shining example of a headteacher who epitomises inspirational leadership.’
Karen Hutchings, head of New Park Primary School in Kensington, Liverpool, and chief executive of the Sail Academy Trust, built a reputation for turning around failing schools
Today, confirming her suspension, a statement from Sail Academy read: ‘Karen Hutchings has been suspended and is under investigation.’
A representative for Mrs Hutchings said she had no comment on the matter
A representative for Mrs Hutchings said she had no comment on the matter.
Mrs Hutchings at the time said she was stunned ‘a little girl from Norris Green’ like her had trumped leading secondary heads at the TES Awards in London.
In November last year, her £158,389 salary was subject to a row between the academy and the unions.
Sail Academy Trust was accused of denying staff ‘proper pay and conditions’ at New Park Primary and its other school, Roscoe Primary School in Clubmoor.
A joint statement issued by complainants said: ‘These salaries are far in excess of the largest salaries that are permissible in the national pay and conditions of service for teachers for schools of the size of New Park and Roscoe.’
The trust strongly denied its executive team were overpaid, calling claims by the unions ‘erroneous and malicious’.
It’s understood deputy headteacher Kelly Ann Poulson has been appointed acting headteacher while the investigation process is ongoing.
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