Introducing Mr Goucher
It is with a sense of great excitement that I introduce myself to you for the first time as I look forward to being the new Head Teacher of Newbridge Primary School from September 2026!
I have some big shoes to fill and it is a privilege to have the opportunity to follow Ms Kennaugh and be part of what is an amazing school and community.
Newbridge will be my third headship and mark my 20th year as a Head, after being Head Teacher of St Michael's Junior School for 8 years and my current role as Executive Head Teacher of Oldfield Park Infant School and Oldfield Park Junior School for the past 11 years respectively. Being a Head Teacher is a job I truly love and putting children first, enabling them, staff and the community to flourish, is what I have stood by over my 26 year teaching career.
A little bit about me:
I consider myself a Bathonion now having lived in this great city since 1998. My hometown of Chesterfield, near the Peak District, is a place that I try to get back to as often as possible as I do miss a good old proper Bakewell Tart. I live in Oldfield Park with my wife who is also a teacher, and two sons (aded 14 and 17). Both boys are Bath born and raised and, of course, are mad on rugby! Indeed, they play for Oldfield RFC, which is where I also coach the under 14's. This often means that weekends are rather busy! I'm a keen, if now not a little slower, runner and I was pleased to finish my 25th Bath Half dressed as Buzz Lightyear!
Finally I am a long standing Bath Rugby season ticket holder, a lifelong fan of Chesterfield RFC and we love as a family exploring new places in our campervan 'Jimbo'.
I'm very much looking forward to meeting you all properly over the coming terms, especially around events such as 'Going Up Day' and Reception Transition, as we get ready for our September start. Indeed, I am very much looking forward to working with you all, so that we can strive together to support, challenge and develop all the children in our care, with the aim that they reach their full potential, and we take Newbridge on to it's next successful chapter!
