Star Teacher

It’s 1985, and as Jack returns for another year as headteacher at Ragley village school, some changes are in store.<br><br>It’s the year of Halley’s Comet, Band Aid, Trivial Pursuit, <i>Dynasty </i>shoulder pads, Roland Rat and Microsoft Windows. And at Ragley-on-the-Forest, Heathcliffe Earnshaw decides to enter the village scarecrow competition, Ruby the caretaker finds romance, and retirement looms for Vera the secretary.<br><br>Meanwhile, Jack has to battle with some rising stars of the teaching profession to save his job and his school . . .<br><br><b>Readers love Jack Sheffield:</b><br>'Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure' Alan Titchmarsh<br>'Overflowing with amusing anecdotes' Daily Express<br>'Amusing adventures at the North Yorkshire village school' Choice<br>'Jack Sheffield's in a class of his own' York Press