The Thieving Headmistress

Drama-documentary based on the true story of Colleen McCabe, an ex-nun who as a headmistress embezzled her school out of an estimated half a million pounds.

While McCabe enjoyed the champagne lifestyle with her ecclesiastical friends, pupils and teachers at the school sat shivering in classrooms without heat and books.

Despite suspicions among parents and staff, the death knell for McCabe's regime came when the Labour government returned grant-maintained schools to LEA control. Local authority auditors stepped in and the full extent of her theft and fraud became clear.