My father, Peter Mitchell, who has died aged 89, was a teacher and educationist whose career was devoted to providing the best education for all children by championing comprehensive education and community schools.
In 1971 Peter became head teacher at Quinton Kynaston in St John’s Wood, London. The school came from a merger of a grammar school and a secondary modern and was changing from all boys to mixed. Intake was dominated by Camden children from local estates and the challenging atmosphere at the time was immortalised in the Madness song Baggy Trousers.
