Susy Stone, headteacher of Akiva Primary School in Finchley, is to retire at the end of the summer term in 2019 after more than 10 years in charge of the country’s only designated Progressive school.
Kate Daniels, its chairman of governors, told parents that Mrs Stone had been “an outstanding leader of Akiva, which has gone from strength to strength under her care. She will be sorely missed.”
Acting assistant head Rohan Plunkett will become deputy head as Eloise Tobe goes on maternity leave.
After 17 years as a headteacher in all – she was previously head at Bell Lane Primary in Hendon – Mrs Stone said, “the decision to retire from leading the remarkable Akiva community has been one of the hardest I have ever had to make.”
