My gran was told she’d never teach then changed the face of Welsh education
My grandmother was Wales’ first Black Headteacher (Picture: The Family of Betty Campbell / Mirrorpix / Western Mail Archive)Elated, delighted, overjoyed, proud; and disappointed. I feel all this simultaneously when I think about how, in the 1970s, my grandmother – Betty Campbell – was Wales’ first Black headteacher.Of course, I’m honoured to be related to someone who achieved such a monumental feat.
But at the same time: I’ve worked in educati
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