INNER-CITY HAVEN

hen country-born Kate Rayment began her career in education 40 years ago, she had never intended to become a school principal. “I was a musician, so being a music teacher was the perfect career for me because I love music and I’ve always wanted to teach for as long as I can remember,” she says. Having grown up on a farm at Wallabadah near Tamworth, NSW, and spending most of her career in the country, it was her city-born husband