In this programme, Estelle Morris finds out more about Dame Anna Hassan, headteacher of Millfields Primary School in Hackney, east London.
In a school where over 70 per cent speak EAL and 20 per cent are from refugee backgrounds, Hassan has managed to create a safe and inspiring environment for her pupils.
How has she done it? What does it take to turn a school around, and what impact has her own background had on her ambitions for Millfields?
