whats the head teacher like ?

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Dd had a new head this year and obviously everyone wad a bit concerned as to how she'd be at first but we've been so impressed. She's very formal when she needs to be and can ne strict. However she seems to know every child's name, makes time to go into classes and help and on occasion we've found her in a tracksuit playing football or netball with children before the registration bell. She's started extra lunchtime clubs and somehow always had time for any problems the children bring her. We've been very lucky.

Um... well done?

She sounds great

sorry part of my original post is missing. I can't get used to posting on my phone. It did sound a pointless boasty post

What I meant to go on to say is that though I think we're lucky, some of the other parents have been complaining to me that she's too informal with the children and a good head teacher wouldn't do these sort of things - especially running about in a track suit or wearing mad outfits on dress up for charity days. So I was really wondering what others would think of the head if they did these sort of things?

I can't imagine why anyone would think the fact that the Head is fully and visibly involved in the life of school is a bad thing.

If I was working in a school and we had a dressing up day, I would be at a Head who didn't join in. It's definitely a bonus for the school, provided the extra-curricular dedication doesn't cause her to slack in other areas. In my experience, though, it's Heads who aren't visibly engaged that tend towards the useless side of things.

I think that you are lucky to have such a head teacher and that some of the other parents need to get a life. If they have got the balance right between formal and informal, it bodes well for the school and the pupils in it.
Must agree with sunscorch if a head is not visible then you have to start wondering what capability they have. In the 1800 pupil secondary school I am a governor at the head is formal but they also get involved in a sensible level of informality. I have seen them in a track suit, though not doing much running and they always wear a kilt at the pupil proms, which causes much amusement.

Yes, she sounds great. Just like my ds's male head. Red glitter wigs for red nose day, dress up as old-fashioned teacher for 'What I want to be when I grow up' day as well as allowing the children to snowball him on snow days. Yay for no health and safety. But still scary enough to be sent to if in trouble and all the rest. We have to share him with another school now, our loss is their gain but those children deserve a great head too.
The other parents need to get a life.

Dd's HT plays football most lunchtimes in the yard as do some TA's and teachers, every dressing up day every member of staff in school joins in with the theme. At the summer fair he sat in the stocks to be pelted by wet sponges and donned a gladiator helmet and played the podium game with the children. He's in the yard most mornings and every afternoon so that parents can chat and generally gets hugs galore off the children. Very rarely does anyone have a bad word to say about him tbh and we all appreciate that he has the school and the children's best interests at heart.