A popular teacher found hanged in her home months after hitting her head in a fall at school, left a suicide note saying she "was not the same" since her accident.

Cover supervisor Anne Davies was discovered in her home in Primrose Lane, Shirley, on September 22.

At an inquest into the 55-year-old's death, Croydon Coroners Court heard she left a suicide note, saying she did not want to let anyone else down and did not want to live any longer.

Miss Davies who was unmarried and lived alone, hit her head in an accident at Archbishop Tenison School in April, where she sustained facial swelling and tenderness.

The inquest heard since then she had attended numerous doctors appointments, at which she said she was worried about her injuries.

Despite CT scans and X-rays showing no signs of any bleeding to the brain or permanent damage, Miss Davies continued to complain of feeling unwell.

She compared the feeling to having a permanent hangover and said she was often tired and unsteady on her feet.

The court heard Miss Davies, who had a history of depression, had tried to overdose on paracetamol in 1985. She had also been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

The teacher's body was discovered after concerned colleagues visited her home after they had been unable to contact her.

Her colleague Nigel Bennett told officers she had had a fall, hit her head and not been the same since.

A member of the London Ambulance Service found her diary in a search of the property, and the last entry on Wednesday, September 21, simply read, "Last Day."

Coroner Dr Roy Palmer, said: "I believe on the evidence, she alone did the act and she did intent to end her life.

"She was clearly troubled by the accident she sustained and felt she was still affected by that and she did not want to continue living.

"My conclusion is that she killed herself."

Verdict: Suicide