THE HEAD of a school with "one of the best views in the whole of Essex" has retired.
Sue Grocock, who joined St Mary's C of E Primary in Main Road, Woodham Ferrers, as a job share teacher in 1995, is stepping down after ten-and-a-half years at the helm.
"It's such a lovely school, and the people I work with are so supportive I just did not want to leave," said Mrs Grocock at the school, which overlooks endless fields rolling towards Hyde Hall.
"In education there is always something new coming along, and the next targets to achieve so you never get to the point where you have done everything you have wanted to do.
"I have been in education for 40 years and have seen a lot of changes, some of which have been good and have benefited the children and the teachers. The pace of change is even faster today and I think this school needs a head from a different generation to lead it now."
Originally from Yorkshire, Mrs Grocock trained as a teacher in Leicestershire, before moving to Essex with her husband.
