Bideford Westcroft County Primary School teacher, Mr Richard Chamings, has been appointed headmaster of Woolsery County Primary School.

Mr Chamings, who is 29, and will take up his new post at the beginning of next month, succeeds Mr C B Griffiths who retired last July. Educated at Barnstaple Grammar School, Mr Chamings trained at King Alfred's College, Winchester, and taught in London and Middlesex before coming to Bideford last year.