It’s 1985, and as Jack returns for another year as headteacher at Ragley village school, some changes are in store.<br/>It’s the year of Halley’s Comet, Band Aid, Trivial Pursuit, Dynasty shoulder pads, Roland Rat and Microsoft Windows. And at Ragley-on-the-Forest, Heathcliffe Earnshaw decides to enter the village scarecrow competition, Ruby the caretaker finds romance, and retirement looms for Vera the secretary.<br/>Meanwhile, Jack has to battle with some rising stars of the teaching profession to save his job and his school . . .<br/>Readers love Jack Sheffield:<br/>'Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure' Alan Titchmarsh<br/>'Overflowing with amusing anecdotes' Daily Express<br/>'Amusing adventures at the North Yorkshire village school' Choice<br/>'Jack Sheffield's in a class of his own' York Press