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Michael Chiles
Headteacher (Longdendale High School, Stamford Park Trust), author of education books including with Routledge and John Catt, and principal examiner; appeared on the Mind the Gap podcast.
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Oct 9, 2026
Behaviour, Belonging, and Better Schools with Michael Chiles, Mind the Gap, Ep.130 (S7,E3)
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9:03Michael ChilesGUEST
I was really fortunate that in the summer term before I arrived at Londondale, I spent one day a week in the school.
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9:11Michael ChilesGUEST
And I met with every single member of staff, right, from the admin team to the catering teams to the teachers to the office staff to the leadership team.
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9:26Michael ChilesGUEST
I keep it and I still go back to it sometimes because what were they telling me about the school at that time and what would they want to see that was different? It was really interesting because it was a really valuable activity, I thought, because...
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9:40Michael ChilesGUEST
I got to know the staff and the school really, really quick and I met with students as well to get to understand what life was like at Londondale for them and how things could change or what would they like to see change.
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Tom SherringtonHOST
And is that what, did you inherit that as something you introduced? Or, you know, what is the Londondale legacy?