subsequent icknield headteacher marilyn jones retired in july 2009 after leading the school for ten years. she said, "i have had a fantastic ten years at icknield walk, and there are lots of people to thank for that – parents, staff, governors, pta committees and most of all the children. what i am going to do with my days in september is still a mystery to me but i will think of everyone at the school fondly and there will be a big hole in my life that was once icknield".