An ‘angel’ headteacher of a special needs school has died after suffering a heart attack at work.
Rachael Booth, who led the Willows school in Rotherham, fell ill on Wednesday last week while at school. Staff members rushed to her aid and ‘fought so hard’ to help her.She was taken to hospital but died on Tuesday.
Mrs Booth had spent 16 years at the school, joining in 2010 as head of maths and teaching pupils aged seven to 19.
Warren Carratt, CEO of the Nexus multi-academy trust which runs the school, told parents in a letter on Tuesday of the ‘devastating’ news of her
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