Braintree Chronicle published Witham schools Maltings Academy and New Rickstones Academy strive...

EIGHT months after controversial plans to merge the only two secondary schools in Witham were revoked, the head teachers of both academies have revealed why they still strive to work together.Emma Baker and Damian Lee, who are in charge of Maltings Academy and New Rickstones Academy respectively, are coming to the end of their first term at the helm of each school.Their leadership is overseen by John Szynal, the former Maltings principal who is now executive head of both academies, after owners...