The Superhead will not return to Brecon High School

Brecon High School's head teacher, Colin Eves, was brought in by the local education authority to try and turn things around at Newtown High School after its head teacher Dr Glyn Hughes went on leave in April.

Since then Mr Eves has been in charge of both schools but the day-to-day running at Brecon has been in the hands of its deputy heads.

But on Monday, the chairman of Brecon school's governors revealed that Mr Eves would not be in charge from this September.

The governors were aware that Mr Eves was in search of moving to fresh fields so we agreed to waive the notice he would normally need to give us before leaving Peter Rowlands, Brecon school governor

The "superhead" has taken up a new post with the authority's advisory team, which means he will stay at Newtown to oversee an action plan to try and sort out the school's problems.

"The governors were aware that Mr Eves was in search of moving to fresh fields so we agreed to waive the notice he would normally need to give us before leaving," said Peter Rowlands, Brecon High School's chair of governors.

Future leadership

This term, Brecon High School has been run by its deputy head teachers and this regime is likely to continue in September, according to Mr Rowlands.

"We intend to appoint a new head teacher before next January," he added.

An action plan is now in force at Newtown High School

A Brecon Governors meeting on Thursday will lead to a decision about the school's future leadership.

Mr Eves took over at Newtown High School in the wake of an Estyn inspection team's report which criticised the school.

Poor teaching standards, leadership and pupil behaviour were highlighted in the report.

Within a month of taking over, Mr Eves submitted an action plan to Estyn, which was accepted and is now being implemented.

His master plan to improve discipline included insisting on full school uniform being worn by pupils, banning them from leaving the school, and only allowing students to wear limited jewellery.

He also liaised with local shopkeepers who are now bringing their products into the school - these include a chip shop, a serving area for the local Spar and post office.