Ralph Carr obituary

Ralph Carr obituary

My father, Ralph Carr, who has died aged 84 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease, was a hard-working, intelligent and liberal man whose career embodied his generation’s faith in education. He was appointed headteacher of Morley grammar school – a traditional school in an industrial part of West Yorkshire – in 1965. The inspirational chief education officer at the time was Sir Alec Clegg. I …

Published Mar 13, 2011.
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