Anna Hassan

Dame Anna Patricia Lucy Hassan, DBE (née Fusco; born 1946, Northern Ireland) is a British educator. She is Consultant Head at Daubeney Primary School, and a former Executive Head of Millfields Community School (Hilsea Street, Hackney, London).

Teaching career

1963: Trains at Coloma College, West Wickham, Kent (a Catholic teacher training school)
1967: Starts teaching at St Joseph's Primary School in Southwark, London
1979: Works in schools throughout Hackney after taking a break to raise her son
1983: Appointed deputy head at Grasmere School, Hackney; later named headteacher
1993: Invited to take charge of Millfields
2009: Retires from Millfields and takes up consultancy

Millfields

Hassan was credited with turning the Millfields Community School, one of London's worst-performing schools, around academically, although it took a dozen years.[1]

Biography

Anna Patricia Lucy Fusco was born and raised in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, by Italian parents,[2] where she initially went into the family business managing a small chain of ice-cream parlours, then soon after took up her calling as a teacher. A Roman Catholic, she is married to Najad Hassan, a British Pakistani Muslim, and has been since 1971; they have one son, Zishan Najad (born 1972, London).

Honours

In 2005, Hassan received an honorary fellowship from the University of Gloucestershire.[3] The following year, in 2006, for her service to education, Hassan was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[4]

References
  1. Kenny, Ursula (16 July 2006). "Something to shout about". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  2. Profile, BanbridgeLeader.co.uk, published 17 July 2007.
  3. University of Gloucestershire, Honorary Doctorates and Fellows Archived July 21, 2012, at archive.today, glos.ac.uk; accessed 16 June 2016.
  4. London Gazette issue# 57855, published 31 December 2005; pg. 7
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