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Dear parents and friends of Mayfield,

This newsletter is a bit different from our usual kind as it is devoted entirely toGary Coffey, the Deputy Headteacher at the primary site who is leaving usat the end of this term.

Gary joined the staff team at Mayfield over 8 years ago, starting as a classteacher in Green class, for children with a range of complex physical and health needs.In September 2012, Gary moved into the role of Deputy and has supported the schoolthrough an Ofsted inspection, a flood and a refurbishment, as well as working relentlesslyto raise standards across the whole school.

We would like to congratulate Gary who has been promoted to the post of headteacherof Ivy House Special School in Derbyshire. We want to take this opportunity to wish himwell in his new adventure and to thank him from the bottom of our hearts for all of thehard work and fun he has brought to Mayfield School.

Gary has made many changes to the school, introducing a state of the art data andprogress system which has enabled us to track what the children are doing in school. Hehas developed the communication strategy for the whole school, training staff inMakaton and securing a system for every child to meet their communication needs. Hehas also managed all of the lovely students who have come to Mayfield, some of whichhave stayed with us and will I am sure wish to give their thanks to the work he has done.

We will of course be marking Gary’s departure with a series of school events where pupils,staff and parents will be invited to share their thanks and to celebrate his departure in trueMayfield style. We will let you know the dates and times towards the end of the term.

Sue BainbridgeHeadteacher I will miss seeing

him dress up indifferent crazyoutfits.

Completely and utterly irreplaceable!!Gary, you will be a fabulous Headteacher, you really

are one in a million.I have learned so much from you over the years, thank

you for being a BIG part of my journey at Mayfield.Sam

We are sad to see Gary

go, we will miss him so

much!!

Find us on twitter @MayfieldSchool1

He’s a colour coding legend -our school lives and class lists will

be so bland without him

We will miss his verybig personality.

I will miss hislovely, beautiful

smile.

We will miss the wayhe interacts with each

and every child.

We wish you all the best in the future. Thank you for the continued support and love you havegiven us. You will be missed. Thank you again from Orange class.

Gary, you have been a

fabulous Deputy, mentor and

friend. I have enjoyed getting

to know you these last 4 years

and I want to wish you the

very best of luck in your new

position. Sasha

We will miss

having some-

one to talk to

when we have

a problem.

His bravery in

the face of

going

bare-foot in

Lime Class

Thank you for being an

absolutely amazing

mentor in my NQT year

and supporting me all of

the way through.

Sarah T