‘She believed in every one of us’: ex-pupils on their inspirational teachers

After Adele's tearful reunion with a former teacher, four readers recall their own school memories

So bloody cool, so engaging." That's how Adele described her English teacher at Chestnut Grove school in Balham, south-west London, Ms McDonald, when asked who had inspired her.

Answering a question from the actor Emma Thompson during ITV's An Audience With Adele on Sunday, Adele said: She really made us care, and we knew that she cared about us and stuff like that."