Fewer chiefs, more Indians

摘要

On the face of it, Newnham Croft Primary School is a blessed spot. Situated in a village just outside Cambridge, next to Grantchester Meadows (immortalised by Rupert Brooke and Pink Floyd), it is small, pretty and full of the children of education-obsessed academics. But when the headmistress left teaching last Christmas, the governors were unable to replace her. In the end the local council asked Roger Marcon, an educational consultant, to step in temporarily.