"In life, if an opportunity comes your way, you need to take it." - Nick Bevington
Listen as Nick Bevington's interview where he speaks of his route from Finance graduate to Head of Town Close School, the boredom of working in Finance and how summer camp work had lit the torch paper of his love of helping and teaching young people. Nick's early advice of taking an opportunity has stood him in very good stead.
In fact, this advice leads to Nick progressing quicker than normal to his first Deputy Headteacher role. He describes how he handled the responsibility of this post when relatively inexperienced compared to other more established staff.
Nick has lost none of his enthusiasm and passion for education and had some amazing examples of current initiatives in Town Close school. Enjoy!
[00:30] Nick's route into teaching.
[01:50] The biggest influencers in Nick's early teaching.
[04:50] Becoming a Deputy headteacher
[06:17] Learns as a Deputy.
[08:00] Making the move into Headship.
[09:54] New Head, new experiences.
[11:29] Implementing change as a Head.
[13:08] Current initiatives at Town Close School.
[15:49] Genderleass uniform.
[22:11] What makes a good SLT.
[24:06] Nick's advice to NQT's.
[27:02] Nick's advice to aspiring Head Teachers.
[28:39] How Nick gets away from work.
SELECTED LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
Nick's LinkedIn Profile
Nick's Twitter
Town Close School website
Town Close Facebook