One of Bristol’s most famous schools has a new headteacher - whose first job is to oversee the rapid improvement on the orders of Ofsted. Vanetta Spence, known to children and teachers across Bristol as ‘Ben’, will take over the running of Montpelier High School from June 1.
The school’s previous principal left in December after a bombshell Ofsted report which took the all girls school from a reputation as the best state school in the city to requiring improvement, and the school has since been run by interim principal Brendan Hesketh.
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