sentences:  Deputy Headteacher, Roger Galvin, acted as head for one year until Francis Doherty was appointed in 2003.He was succeeded in 2011 by previously Assistant Headteacher Neil Lockyer, the school's youngest headteacher who left in 2018 to take up the position of Chief Executive Officer of the school's academy trust.In 2018, previous Deputy Headteacher Marcella Gillespie was appointed as the first female headteacher since 1977 (and possibly before) but left after only one year in post following successful promotion to the academy trust executive team.