Ms Heighway said: “She was incredibly talented across a lot of sports, she could have gone international at a lot of things.
“She would play outfield against the boys, and she would run rings around every single person she came up against.
“It’s amazing, obviously as an academy we feel incredibly proud of her journey, it’s brilliant that we have this local hero.”
“We are all backing her here in Burntwood,” she added.
After her visit to the school, students said: “I didn’t expect it, you wouldn’t expect a professional footballer to come to this school
“It’s really special and we can see what our school managed to teach her and how far she got with it.”
The UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 tournament starts on Wednesday, with England’s first game on Saturday against France.
