Head Over Heels in the Dales

by Gervase Phinn (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $3.19

  This is the third story of Gervase Phinn, schools inspector in Yorkshire. He begins his third year with a spring in his step for in April he will marry Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School. But before then he has to suffer the wicked repartee of his fellow inspectors on the subjects of love and marriage. The well-named Mrs Savage still attempts to exert her power via incomprehensible memos, and Connie continues to rule the Staff Development Centre with a broom of iron and duster of disapproval at any dirty marks. In the schools themselves Gervase Phinn faces every challenge with humour that is rarely far from the surface.

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.19

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  Paperback
  2009

  $12.07

  Head Over Heels in the Dales is the third volume in Gervase Phinn's bestselling Dales Series . 'Could you tell me how to spell sex please?'. Gervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector, but a surprising enquiry from an angelic six-year-old reminds him never to take children for granted. This year Gervase has lots of important things on his mind - his impending marriage to Christine Bentley (the prettiest headteacher for miles around), finding somewhere idyllic to live in the Yorkshire Dales, and the chance of a promotion. All of which generate their fair share of excitement, aided and abetted as usual by his colleagues in the office. In Head Over Hells in the Dales , join Gervase Phinn in the classroom where he faces his greatest challenge: keeping a straight face as teachers and children alike conspire to have him laughing out loud. Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms . ( Daily Telegraph ). Gervase Phinn is an author and educator from Rotherham who, after teaching for fourteen years in a variety of schools, moved to North Yorkshire to be a school inspector. He has written autobiographies, novels, plays, collections of poetry and stories, as well as a number of books about education. He holds five fellowships, honorary doctorates from Hull, Leicester and Sheffield Hallam universities, and is a patron of a number of children's charities and organizations. He is married with four adult children. His books include The Other Side of the Dale , Over Hill and Dale , Head Over Heels in the Dales , The Heart of the Dales , Up and Down in the Dales and Trouble at the Little Village School .