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.

Biography Anna Patricia Lucy Fusco was born and raised in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, by Italian parents, 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 Nevzat Hassan, a Turkish Cypriot Muslim, and has been since 1971; they have one son, Dogan (born 1972, London).

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