CJ Healey has moved on from Glenfield College after only 16 months as principal. Photo/File
A North Shore principal has left "disappointment and initially anger" in his wake by moving on to a bigger school after just 18 months.
CJ Healey, who became Glenfield College's principal in April last year, left on Fridayand will start a new job heading Long Bay College tomorrow.
Long Bay,
a decile 10 school with 1634 students, is more than three times bigger than Glenfield, a decile 6 school with 463 students.
Healey said he applied for the Long Bay job because it was the first school he worked at after coming to New Zealand from Britain in 2000.
"It's a sentimental move," he said. "In the year 2000 I arrived in New Zealand, I had nothing but a girlfriend and a backpack, and it was Long Bay College that gave me my first opportunity to teach in New Zealand."
