TIME FOR A FRESH START, SAYS “SUPERCHAV ACADEMY” HEAD
—reporter Mark E. Taylor
A brand new Sixth Form “center of excellence” and banner GCSE results spell a fresh start for Mayflower Academy, claims optimistic headmaster Siegmund Bamblebury.
Mayflower Academy—nicknamed “Superchav Academy” by the national press following a catalogue of antisocial behavior issues—has recently received a multi-million-pound cash-boost from central government. The funds have been plowed into renovating and extending the school, as well as employing new teaching staff and restocking the library.
“I want to draw a line through the old days. It’s time the media stopped harking back to the negative,” said Mr. Bamblebury, making reference to the widescale drug use, joy-riding, bullying, and low exam grades which led to a 2004 Ofsted inspection to term the establishment “The worst school in Britain.”
“It’s important to look ahead, not backward,” said Mr. Bamblebury. “The past two years have seen massive improvements.”
When asked about last December’s Mayflower Winter Festival, which resulted in the assembly hall being destroyed by fire, Mr. Bamblebury put the phone down and curtailed the interview.