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# Headteacher confirms departure from role at Lichfield school
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/headteacher-confirms-departure-from-role-at-lichfield-school/
- Published: 2025-07-17T12:25:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-18T09:55:23.000Z
- Description: The headteacher of a Lichfield school has confirmed he is stepping down.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Education, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:45, News

THE headteacher of a Lichfield school has confirmed he is stepping down.

Matt Allman joined The Friary School in 2016, but will now depart for a role as Chief Education Officer with the Primitas Learning Partnership.

He said it had been “a pleasure to see see the school flourish” during the past nine years.

> “Having joined the school in September 2016, I have thoroughly enjoyed the rollercoaster nature of the job.  
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> “We have now built a popular and over-subscribed school and we now have students consistently earning stunning exam results – and we have plenty of smiles on the faces of our children as they embrace a million-and-one new opportunities.  
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> “Certainly, from a personal perspective and from seeing our students each day, I know the overwhelming majority are doing amazing things, are having fun, are keeping themselves safe and are destined only for better and greater things to come.”

The search for a replacement will now begin – and Mr Allman said he was sure there would be no shortage of applicants.

> “There is a wonderful staffing team at the school. We are lucky to have them.”