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Headteacher Vic Goddard became a household name when his school was put under the spotlight in the award-winning Channel 4 series Educating Essex. Now, the principal of Passmores Academy in Harlow has written a book about his experience of headship.

Headteacher Vic Goddard became a household name when his school was put under the spotlight in the award-winning Channel 4 series Educating Essex.

Now, the principal of Passmores Academy in Harlow has written a book about his experience of headship. 

Part memoir, part teaching guide, The Best Job in the World looks at everything from the classroom environment to the school improvement model he uses at Passmores.

Former PE and maths teacher Mr Goddard admits that when filming started he didn’t think anyone would watch Educating Essex. “As far as I was concerned, it was just a documentary about a very normal school doing what normal schools do,” he writes.

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