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- She was a teacher at DCSS school. She was the Second Mistress and taught French.
Rosa Bassett, Wikipedia, Oct 2008
Rosa Bassett, MBE (Order of the British Empire), 9 Aug 1871 – 19 Dec 1925, was an English educationist and headmistress of the County Secondary School, Streatham, in London. She was instrumental in the first application of the Dalton Plan of teaching within an English secondary school. She contributed a chapter to Helen Parkhurst’s book on the Plan, as well as writing the introduction to a book of Dalton Plan class assignments prepared by the staff within her school.
Early Life
Rosa Bassett was born in Deptford, London, the daughter of an engineer’s clerk. She was successful academically and obtained a BA degree from the University of London, going on to become a teach. In 1905 she was appointed to a position as second mistress at Kingsland County Secondary School (later known as Dalston County Secondary School) in north London, at which she was seen to be a great success, and in 1906 she was made headmistress of the new Stockwell County Secondary School for Girls.
Rosa Bassett’s Legacy
Rosa Bassett’s career was cut short by her early death in 1925, resulting from a fall on a icy pavement, however the school continued to apply many of the principles of the Plan in the years that followed. The County Secondary School, Streatham was renamed Rosa Bassett School in 1951, in honour of its first headmistress.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1871 - 1926 (55 years)