After a degree in English at Clare College , Cambridge , in the late 1970s Schofield began working as a journalist , and wrote her first book , a lively biography of the French gangster Jacques Mesrine . This was followed by " a coolheaded , slickly written account " of the life of Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones . From rock biography she went on to military affairs , publishing two books on the Soviet Army . With the support of the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf , Schofield spent five years embedded with the Pakistan Armed Forces , interviewing all ranks for '' Inside the Pakistan Army '' ( 2011 ) One of her informants was Special Forces commander Ameer Faisal Alavi , assassinated in 2008 . During these years , she reported for the '' Sunday Times . '' Although she had experience as a state school governor in Britain , she had never taught for a living before taking on the challenge of leading Langlands School and College , in North-west Pakistan . The school , despite its remote location ( in Chitral in the Hindu Kush mountains ) , had developed a reputation for academic excellence , sending its students on to national and international universities . The man it was named for - and its head for almost all of its existence - was Major Geoffrey Langlands , a legend in Pakistani education , having taught many of the country 's elite . He was in his 90s , and Schofield was brought in to help recruit his successor , but instead was offered the job herself . He described her as " extraordinary " , not least because she was unafraid of the security situation , which had frightened away several candidates . Aaj News interviewed her shortly after her appointment : In the years following the Major 's stroke , his ability to manage the school had declined , and Schofield had some hard decisions to take at the beginning of her tenure ; she described the school as being " in a parlous state " . She sacked seven members of staff ( including the vice-principal ) for " conduct unbecoming " , which led to plotting against her ; while she was out of the country , her work visa was denied , leaving her unable to return . Her enforced absence coincided with the October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake and exceptionally bad flooding in the region , which complicated matters as she tried to run the school from her kitchen table in London . The Board of Governors respected her efforts to turn the school around , and following lobbying by her staff , after eight months Schofield was allowed to return . She has improved discipline and finances . Her innovations at the school , where all lessons are in English , include appointing a learning support coordinator for pupils with dyslexia and dyspraxia , and " working to strengthen contacts with leading schools and educationists from across the world "
October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake
October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake
Carey Schofield