Some ruled with an iron fist, and some with a velvet glove - but these headteachers commanded respect at the Sheffield schools they ran.
They are fondly remembered by pupils they looked after in the 90s and noughties.
Whether you were top of your class or regularly found yourself getting called to the headteacher’s office, you will remember these men and women who helped to shape your education.
This retro photo gallery shows them with their pupils, teachers and special visitors to their schools throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
One is pictured taking the controls of a digger to cut the first sod at a new school site, another is seen welcoming the late Queen Elizabeth II, and a third is shown being subjected to a ‘gunging’ in the name of charity.
Is your old headteacher pictured in this gallery, and can you recognise any of your old teachers or classmates?
5. Myrtle Springs
Myrtle Springs headteacher Ed Wydenbach has his eyebrow shaved by pupil Jonathan Wright who got A grades in his exam results in August 2004 Photo: Dean Atkins
6. Ecclesfield Comprehensive School
Ecclesfield Comprehensive School headteacher Mick Nolan and drama student Lisa Brunt with a letter they are to take to local businesses to raise funds for the school's proposed specialist arts status. Photo: Dean Atkins
7. Fir Vale School
Queen Elizabeth II with headteacher Hugh Howe at Fir Vale School in Sheffield in May 2003 Photo: Dean Atkins
8. King Edward Vll School
King Edward VIl School headteacher Michael Lewis pictured with the former deputy headteacher Arthur Jackson (1959-81) at a reunion to celebrate 150 years of the school in 2005 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd Photo: Sheffield Newspapers