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Long-serving Headteacher to retire 5 March 2009 The retirement is announced today of long-serving headteacher Mike Faragher. Mr Faragher was the headteacher at Albert Road Junior School for 17 years and oversaw the move, last summer, to the brand new £7.5 million Scoill Ree Gorree, which opened in September.  He will retire this July after 18 years in charge of teaching Ramsey’s seven to 11-year-olds. His 33-year career in education has also seen him work at Rushen Primary School, where he was a class teacher from 1976-1981, Ashley Hill Primary School, where he was PE co-ordinator from 1981 to 1988 and Fairfield Junior School, where he was deputy Headteacher from 1988 to 1991. Mr Faragher is married to Louise, a former teacher and now a registered childminder. They have two, grown-up children, Gillian, who teaches at St Thomas’s Primary School, Douglas, and Ean, who lives in the Midlands and works in ICT. Mr Faragher said: ‘I had always planned to take early retirement and now seems like the ideal time to do so, having successfully overseen the move from Albert Road to Scoill Ree Gorree. Scoill Ree Gorree is now well established and running effectively as a school and I feel that the time is right for a new headteacher to take it on for the next five to 10 years and develop what has already been achieved.’ Mr Faragher said: ‘While I am looking to take life at an easier pace, I do not intend to stop work entirely and have asked for my name to be added to the supply teacher list. I will miss the children and the great staff team at Scoill Ree Gorree and wish to thank them all for their help, support and friendship over the years. I have thoroughly enjoyed my teaching career on the Island and especially my time in Ramsey.’ Senior Adviser at the Department of Education Martin Barrow said: ‘Mr Faragher has been an enthusiastic, loyal and popular teacher and headteacher for many years and he will be greatly missed, especially by parents and children in Ramsey. The Department wishes him very well in his retirement and is pleased he will continue to play a role within education.’ The Department is this week advertising the headship at Scoill Ree Gorree. More stories >>>
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