Her character, Laurie, has now found a job as the headmistress of a school in California.
Elspeth Insch, the headmistress, is a leading light in the campaign to save the grammar schools.
"She took me straight out of the class to the headmistress, " he says.
Meanwhile, the headmistress of a Belfast school damaged in an arson attack has blamed anti-social elements for starting the fire.
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On the opening day, the PPF team was warmly welcomed by the Headmistress of the School, who also enrolled as a participant alongwith a few of her teachers.
The headmistress of the School Parveen Fatima Siddiqui and deputy headmistress Zareena Rafiq provided their fullest cooperation for the arrangements, including catering and other needs of the participants.
Mrs French, who is also the headmistress of Central Newcastle High School, told the Press Association news agency the school sometimes invited business leaders and entrepreneurs in to talk to students.
Last year Al Jazeera showed how Shabeena, the headmistress of a state-run girls' primary school in the troubled province, was battling to keep girls in school in spite of the threats.
Actor Bertie Carvel, who received high praise for his performance as the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull in the West End, has transferred to play the role in New York.
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We took our house off the market, and warned our daughter's headmistress of the risks of strangers hanging around the school.
She is befriended by a kindly teacher but opposed by the fearsome school headmistress.
Carvel, who played the same evil headmistress role in London, said he is enjoying his time in New York, although he did admit to being nervous about how Americans would react.
Six were students, one was the 61-year-old school headmistress and one was the 42-year-old school nurse.
Earlier this week, Pinknews.co.uk reported that students at St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls in Carshalton were "encouraged" to sign the "anti-equality pledge" by the school's headmistress.
It also has come with perhaps its most grotesque masterstroke: Bertie Carvel as the fearsome cross-dressing school headmistress Miss Trunchbull.
Headmistress Dr Ruth Weekes said she believed Malala needed the stability of being at school.
When Mariana Beer was accepted to read English at Bristol in 1921, her headmistress celebrated with a half-day holiday for the entire school.
"These children are so poor that many of them have not had any food when they arrive in the morning and their clothes are in terrible condition, like rags, " says headmistress Afroza Khanan.
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