South London teacher becomes headteacher of her childhood school

Summarised from MyLondon's report · Updated 25 Oct, 10:44 · Archive

Fahri Francis is now headteacher of Franciscan Primary School in Tooting, where she was a pupil and where her mother and grandmother also studied.

Fahri Francis is now headteacher at Franciscan Primary School in Tooting, South London, the school where she was a pupil. Her family has deep ties to the institution: both her mother and grandmother attended the school, as did her godparents.

Francis has been headteacher for two years. She told MyLondon she did not believe she was destined for the role and it was not part of her original plan. She said she followed two previous headteachers who had served for 16 and 22 years respectively, describing them as 'big shoes to fill'.

Francis found primary school challenging as a pupil and struggled to sit still. As headteacher, she now draws on those experiences to reflect on what could have been better, aiming to provide opportunities for children that were not available when she was at school. She said there was no other school where she would have felt as supported as she does at Franciscan.

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• 'I went to same South London school as my mum and grandma - now I'm headteacher'Fahri Francis said it wasn't a 'destined plan' to be the headteacher of the primary school she attended but feels like it was the perfect place for her to be supportedMyLondon · 25 Oct, 09:00

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