THE 1,489-pupil Laurence Jackson School in Guisborough has a new head teacher.

Rob Campbell, 37, has come to the area from Witchford Village College in Cambridgeshire where he was deputy headteacher from 2000 until earlier this year.

Mr Campbell said: "I am honoured and delighted to be succeeding Chris Lord as the next Head of LJS. This is clearly a school that has achieved so much and has the capacity to improve and grown even further.

"I am very much looking forward to working with our partners to reach the very highest standards for the benefit of all students and the wider community that we serve. The school's mission is excellence through opportunity and this will reflect all our activity."