New head at southern primary school

Scoill Ree Gorree will lose another member of its leadership team this September, when its deputy headteacher takes up a more senior role elsewhere.

Lyn Ashworth will become the new headteacher at Ballasalla Primary School at the start of the next academic year, after four years at the Ramsey school.

Ballasalla's current headteacher, Jacqueline Barrow, is moving in the opposite direction, to Scoill Ree Gorree, to replace Mike Faragher, who is retiring this summer.

Mrs Ashworth moved to the Isle of Man in 2002 and spent her first three years teaching at Cronk-y-Berry Primary School.