Will the Council ever admit its failed with local schools?

Back in 2000, to much national fanfare, Mike Murphy became the head teacher of Crown Woods Comprehensive School. At the time it got massive coverage because he was the highest paid Head in the country on a salary of £90,000 which, presumably, with inflation is above £100K now. The media dubbed him a "super-head".

In that academic year, 2000-2001, 33% of Crown Woods pupils achieved 5 A-C grades at GCSE *. In the academic year 2005-2006, 32% of Crown Woods pupils achieved 5 A-C grades at GCSE *. Perhaps the "super" prefix was misplaced?

We've been wondering for some time now whether Greenwich Council has the courage and honesty to admit that local schools are failing so disasterously. Crown Woods is a case in point. We have a headteacher being annually paid what would take some 20 years to earn, and the results at his school are now worse than when he took over five years ago.