Tidemill Academy Head retires

The News Shopper reports that the head of Tidemill Academy, Mark Elms is retiring. The Deptford school he runs pulled itself out of special measures to achieve excellent results during his tenure and has recently been converted in to an academy and taken over facilities within the Deptford Lounge.

Mr Elms was catapulted in to the media spotlight in 2010, when the GMB union called attention to his high salary.