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      The Heart of the Dales

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      Awkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make the author's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But, for him, the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. This title tells his story.

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      Product ID:9780141027678
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:The Heart of the Dales
      Authors:Author: Gervase Phinn
      Page Count:400
      Subjects:Autobiography: general, Autobiography: general, Educational systems and structures, Schools inspection (& preparing for inspection), Yorkshire
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      Awkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make the author's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But, for him, the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. This title tells his story.

      Escape to the country with Gervase Phinn''s heartwarming tales of life as a school inspector in Yorkshire

      ''Gervase Phinn''s memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms''
      Daily Telegraph

      His colourful cast of characters have become firm favourites: the mostly mad staff at County Hall, as well as the children themselves, who find ways of embarrassing the school inspectors with innocent ease.

      In The Heart of the Dales, we reconvene with Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School and now Gervase''s wife and mother of their son, the well-named Mrs Savage and not forgetting the Queen of Clean - Connie.

      Gervase Phinn has an extraordinary talent to entertain, and the latest instalment to the Dale Series is heart-warming, wry and will make you laugh out loud.


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2009-09-24

      Additional information

      Weight284 g
      Dimensions199 × 124 × 26 mm