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Awards for Excellence
Bushra Nasir
In 1993, Bushra Nasir became the first Muslim female head teacher of a state school when she took the reins of Plashet Comprehensive School in London. The all-girl school is situated in the Borough of Newham, which has high levels of socio-economic deprivation and students enter the school with academic standards well below national standards. Nevertheless, Bushra Nasir has helped to double the percentage of pupils getting top-grade GCSE passes to 56 per cent. The school is rated A* by government inspectors and the citation refers to Bushra Nasir as having 'strong, sensitive and highly effective leadership and management by the Headteacher, with a clear and very determined commitment to high educational achievement for all'.
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