Richard Rolfe
Richard Rolfe is the former headteacher of Le Rocquier School, Jersey. He was appointed in 2003*[1] and has been credited with turning around the school after the school was singled out for criticism in a report about problem children by UK education expert Kathie Bull*.[2]
He succeeded Geoff Smith who was headteacher for 2 terms*.[3] During his tenure Richard Rolfe paid off the budget deficit, increased student numbers from a low of 695 to a high of 915 and project managed a complete rebuild of the school*.[4] The project cost £27 million and was designed to deliver a school able to accommodate 900 children which earned him praise from the Jersey business community.[5] He was also praised in The States’ Parliament for the high quality of his leadership ( see Hansard section 5.1).[6]
The school won a number of awards[7] during his time at the school including twice winning Investors in People at the highest level seen in the Channel Islands 2007 and 2011.[8] In addition the school won The Jersey Enterprise award for training and developing staff.[9]
In 2010 Richard contracted bladder cancer for which he was treated.
In 2011 he won the Jersey Director of the Year Award for the public sector and went on to win the overall Institute of Directors Award in the UK.[10][11] The award was presented to him by former politician Michael Portillo. During the same year he was runner up at for "Teacher of the Year Awards".[12]
In October 2011 he decided to leave Le Rocquier to concentrate on his recovery from cancer.[13]
Since leaving Le Rocquier Richard Rolfe has authored a number of books including Personal Branding, The Negotiation Expert and The Trouble with Teenagers and spoken at a number of public events[14] and trained a number of public and private sector organisations including the Police.
In 2014 Richard teamed up with one of his former students to establish National Coding Week with the aim of getting adults involved in learning digital skills.[15][16] Richard trained politicians to give them an understanding of coding and how important it is to the economy.[17] As part of this coding initiative they helped train unemployed people in digital skills. Many of the participants gained employment via this initiative.[18] The initiative was later extended to those with autism.[19] In 2015 Richard established a business brand called White Collar Coding. This training was aimed at improving the digital skills and digital literacy of business leaders [20][21]
From 2014 to 2021 Richard has continued to run National Coding Week as a volunteer-led organisation.
Bibliography[edit]
- Richard Rolfe Personal Branding for Virgins 26 May 2011
- Richard Rolfe The Negotiation Expert 8 October 2011 ISBN 978-1475159257
- Richard Rolfe The Trouble with Teenagers 1 March 2012 ISBN 1475159250
References[edit]
- ^ "New headteacher for Le Rocquier". BBC Online. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2003.
- ^ "Education chief to address concerns". BBC Online. 24 March 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2003.
- ^ "Retired head to tackle school's problems". BBC Online. 16 February 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2003.
- ^ "LE ROCQUIER SCHOOL, ST. CLEMENT: REDEVELOPMENT PHASE 2 – CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOL – APPROVAL OF DRAWINGS" (PDF). States of Jersey. Retrieved 7 October 2003.
- ^ "IoD Director of the Year: Can Jersey leaders make it four in a row on the national stage?". Institute of Directors Jersey. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Hansard". States of Jersey Assembly. States of Jersey. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ BBC News Online. "Le Rocquier Receives International Honour". BBC. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Pride of Le Rocquier". Guiton Group. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Congratulating business at glitzy Enterprise Awards". Channel Online.
- ^ "Jersey headteacher wins national award". Channel Online. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "Jersey head teacher Richard Rolfe wins IoD award". BBC Online. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ Richard, Rolfe. "Mr Rolfe goes head to head with Mr Drew". This is Jersey. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Le Rocquier School head to leave". States of Jersey. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ States of Jersey Police. "Business leaders help train officers". Police. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Two-thirds of parents 'don't know what an algorithm is'". The Telegraph. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Training firm Codex DLD launches National Coding Week for Adults". Computer Weekly. TechTarget. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "States members try their hand at website creation". Guernsey Press. Guiton Group. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Training course for coders launched". gov.je. States of Jersey. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Providing Tech Skills To Those with Autism". Autism Jersey. Jersey Centre for Autism. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "White Collar Coding – helping business leaders think digital". Digital Jersey. Digital Jersey. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Business leaders challenged to create an app". Channel ITV. ITV. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.