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Ros McMullen

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Ros McMullen is the principal of David Young Community Academy in Leeds.

After turning around a school in Wigan as a headteacher between 2000-04, Ros McMullen became principal of David Young Community Academy in Leeds and spent five terms preparing for the opening in September 2006. The Academy has been highly successful, adding significant value to the achievement of its students. David Young Community Academy replaced two of the lowest performing schools in Leeds and has the highest deprivation indices in the city: in 2009 its OFSTED Report judged leadership and management to be 'Outstanding'.

Ros says her motivation is simple: to make a difference and to bring that added value herself. However, there is more…