Mr Worsley

Mr Worsley is a hard-to-believe portrait of life in a school in the 1960s. Despite its engaging sparkle of high-comedy this is a true autobiographical account of a young teacher's early steps into the profession at a period of educational change. The central character is the unforgettable Mr Worsley himself headmaster extraordinaire a figure of grandeur and insight as well as improbable eccentricity commanding a school which is as successful as it is bizarre. No-one can fail to be amused by this highly readable rumbustious and historically revealing story.