AN ENTIRE school is backing a French teacher as she prepares for her first gruelling London Marathon.

Heidi Inns is training hard for next month’s 26-miler, which she will run for the Round Table Children’s Wish charity, an organisation dedicated to granting wishes for youngsters with life-threatening diseases.

Mum-of-three Heidi, 39, will run in memory of seven-year-old Rex Turan, from Highcliffe, who died in September.

The Ferndown Middle School teacher, said: “I wanted to do something special to mark my 40th birthday, which is in a couple of weeks, and to help create a special memory for children like Rex and their families.”

To sponsor Heidi visit www.justgiving.com/heidiinns or call 01202 514515.