"No furniture, no carpets, no heating," says Gillian Smith, a secondary head.
Secondary head teachers remained sceptical and their targets were not set high enough.
"I can think of 11 primary and secondary heads in three years who have been removed in this way.
One secondary head of PHSE, based in Lincolnshire, told the Guardian that 95% of a class of year 7 boys told her they had accessed pornography online.
Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, which represents secondary heads, said the pay changes had been rushed in and senior staff needed more training.
When you get a special school head, a primary head, a secondary head, a nursery head, all discussing what they do, the best model gets pushed to the top".
The first step, according to Sally Hamson, of Wollaston primary school in Northamptonshire, is to restore trust in headteachers: "This was originally a group of secondary heads but primary heads feel the same way.
Another special school, Dene, in Sunderland, was recognised when head Graeme Shillinglaw won the RAF secondary head of the year award, for the atmosphere of "calm and respect" he creates.
It focuses on a June letter from secondary heads to the local authority saying the schools would refuse to pay into a joint fund that pays for her work while Davies remains in post.
"Truth in Science has sent free resources to all secondary heads of science and to school librarians around the country that seek to undermine the theory of evolution and have intelligent design ideas portrayed as credible scientific viewpoints.
