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New Year Honours list 2015: education and children’s services
The list of people working in education and children’s services who have received an honour.
Almost 100 people working in education and children’s services are recognised today (30 December 2014) for their service to education, children and families in the 2015 New Year Honours list. Six of those awarded received knighthoods or damehoods, while 19 have been given the British Empire Medal.
Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education, said:
Congratulations to everyone on the New Year Honours list working in education and children’s services. Their endeavours are making a positive difference to children and families every day and they should take pride in their achievements.
Those honoured today include teachers, foster parents and headteachers from across England.
| Award | Nominee title | Forename | Surname | Short citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight | Sir | Theodore | Agnew | For services to education |
| Damehood | Dame | Kate | Dethridge | Principal of Churchend Primary School, Reading, and National Leader of Education. For services to education |
| Damehood | Dame | Oremi | Evans | Headteacher of The Brookfield School, Herefordshire. For services to education |
| Knight | Professor Sir | Julian | Le Grand | Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics. For services to social science and public service |
| Damehood | Dame | Esther | Rantzen | For services to children and older people through ChildLine and The Silver Line |
| Knight | Sir | John | Townsley | Executive Principal of The Gorse Academy Trust, Leeds. For services to education |
| CBE | Ms | Virginia | Beardshaw | Chief Executive of I CAN children’s charity. For services to children with special needs and disabilities |
| CBE | Mrs | Catherine Marie | Garside | Headteacher of St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School, Swinton, Salford. For services to education |
| CBE | Ms | Uma | Mehta | Chief Community Services Lawyer of London Borough of Islington. For services to children |
| CBE | Mr | Tim | Oates | Group Director of Assessment Research and Development at Cambridge Assessment. For services to education |
| CBE | Ms | Amanda | Phillips | Executive Principal of Paradigm Trust, Tower Hamlets, London. For services to education |
| CBE | Mrs | Judith | Salter | Headteacher of Glenwood Special School, Essex. For services to education |
| CBE | Professor | Caroline | Whalley | Founder of The Elliot Foundation, and Trustee of Support and Help in Education (SHINE). For services to education |
| OBE | Mr | (Gulfaraz) Gugsy | Ahmed | Headteacher of Parkinson Lane Primary School, Halifax. For services to education |
| OBE | Mrs | Lorraine | Allen | Principal of Whitley Academy, Coventry. For services to education |
| OBE | Ms | Stephanie | Brivio | Assistant Director of Child Protection, Safeguarding Group, Department for Education. For services to child protection and to the community in the Medway |
| OBE | Professor | Margaret | Brown | For services to mathematics education and to governance of schools in south London |
| OBE | Mr | Adam | Chedburn | Headteacher of Whitley Bay High School, Tyne and Wear. For services to education |
| OBE | Dr | Lesley | Curtis | Headteacher of Everton Nursery School and Family Centre, Liverpool. For services to education |
| OBE | Mr | Peter | Dahlstrom | Headteacher of Hope Special School, Wigan. For services to education |
| OBE | Mrs | Lynn | Greenwold | Chief Executive Officerof the Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties. For services to children with special educational needs |
| OBE | Mr | Ian | Hart | Department for Education Liaison Officer of the National Network for Children in Employment and Entertainment. For services to children |
| OBE | Mr | David | Hudson JP | Executive Headteacher of Wickersley School and Sports College, Rawmarsh Community School and Clifton Community School, Rotherham. For services to education |
| OBE | Mrs | Joan | Hunt | Honorary Professor at Cardiff Law School. For services to children |
| OBE | Mr | Nicholas | Hurn | Executive Headteacher of Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead and of St Robert of Newminster School, Sunderland. For services to education |
| OBE | Mrs | Patricia | Jones | Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Bristol exia Centre. For services to education |
| OBE | Mr | Richard | Millington | Executive Principal of Chepping View Primary School, Buckinghamshire. For services to education |
| OBE | Mr | John | Morris | Headteacher of Ardleigh Green Junior School, Havering. For services to education |
| OBE | Ms | Julie | Morrow | Head of Appletree and Stoneygate Nursery Schools and Children’s Centres, Lancashire. For services to children and families |
| OBE | Mr | Graham | Mungeam | Non-executive Chairman of Oasis Community Learning. For services to children and families |
| OBE | Mr | Michael | Pears | Assistant Director of Academies Group, IFD, Department for Education. For services to education and to the community in Hounslow |
| OBE | Ms | Jenny | Preece | Bill Principal and Manager, Childcare, Special Educational Needs and Children’s Strategy, Department for Education. For services to children |
| OBE | Ms | Maura | Regan | Principal of Carmel College and Chief Executive of the Carmel Education Trust. For services to education |
| OBE | Ms | Margrit Wendy | Scott | President of Association for the Professional Development of Early Years Educators. For services to education |
| OBE | Dr | John | Simmonds | Director of Policy, Research and Development at the British Association for Adoption and Fostering. For services to children and families |
| OBE | Professor | Iram | Siraj | Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Insititute of Education, University of London. For services to education |
| OBE | Mrs | Mardy | Smith | Principal of New College, Worcester. For services to education |
| MBE | Ms | Shabana | Abasi | Head of Service at Cafcass, Greater Manchester. For services to children in Greater Manchester |
| MBE | Mrs | Shahnaz | Akhtar | Foster Carer, Slough. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr | Michael | Andrews | Lately Foster Carer, Hampshire County Council. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs | Valerie | Andrews | Lately Foster Carer, Hampshire County Council. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs | Cindy | Blake | Foster Carer, Hampshire County Council. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr | Kenneth | Blake | Foster Carer, Hampshire County Council. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs | Patricia | Bolton | Founder of Gateshead ADHD Support Group and of the Parents In Power parent-carer forum, Gateshead. For services to children with disabilities and their families |
| MBE | Pastor | Gbolahan Ayorinde | Bright | Volunteer Maths Teacher at Bright Maths Club, Dagenham Heathway Library. For services to education |
| MBE | Ms | Roma Lynn | Charlton | Chief Executive Officer of After Adoption. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs | Lynda | Clapham | Librarian of Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry. For services to education |
| MBE | Mr | Raymond | Coe | Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator at Royal Docks Community School, London Borough of Newham. For services to education and to the community in Newham |
| MBE | Mr | Ian | Courtney | Chair of the Dartmoor Federation. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs | Barbara | Drummond | Holiday Camps Organiser of Derby Deaf Children’s Society. For services to children with special needs and disabilities in Derbyshire and Lincolnshire |
| MBE | Mrs | Susan | Flohr | Manager of the British Dyslexia Association National Helpline and Policy, Berkshire. For services to dyslexic people |
| MBE | Ms | Liz | Formby | Team Leader of Children’s Social Care, Department for Education, and Trustee of Akamba Children’s Education Fund. For services to children and to charity |
| MBE | Mrs | Elizabeth | Garnham | Chair of Governors of Uffculme and Hamilton Special Schools, and Vice Chair of Parents Views Count, Birmingham. For services to education |
| MBE | Mr | John | Greener | Foster Carer for Foster Care Associates, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs | Linda | Greener | Foster Carer for Foster Care Associates, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr | John | Hall | Chair of Trustees, Hollybank School Trust, West Yorkshire. For services to children and adults with special needs and disabilities |
| MBE | Ms | Teresa | Harper | Head of Teacher Development of the Education Standards Directorate, Department for Education. For services to education and to the community in Redbridge |
| MBE | Miss | Margaret | Hawkes | Foster Carer, Merseyside. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr | Stephen | Hill | Deputy Headteacher of St. Joseph’s RC School, Shaw, Oldham. For services to education and charity |
| MBE | Mr | Brian | Jones | Lately Foster Carer, Worcestershire. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs | Jillian | Jones | Lately Foster Carer, Worcestershire. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Dr | Kenneth | Jones | Holiday Camps Organiser for Derby Deaf Children’s Society. For services to children with special needs and disabilities in Derbyshire and Lincolnshire |
| MBE | Mr | Abdul Razaq | Khan | Foster Carer in Slough. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs | Susan | Kirkham | Lately Curriculum and Assessment Specialist of the Association for Schools and College Leaders. For services to education |
| MBE | Rabbi | Barry | Marcus | For services to Holocaust education |
| MBE | Mrs | Julie | McLean | Director of Work-based Learning and School Partnerships at City College Plymouth. For services to education |
| MBE | Ms | Judith | Miln | Deputy Headteacher of Clapton Girls’ Academy, Hackney. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs | Valerie Anne | Morris | President of Birmingham Branch and Divisional Vice President of NSPCC. For services to children |
| MBE | Mrs | Maureen | Murray | Lately Programme Manager of The Children’s Society, Solihull. For services to disabled children and their families |
| MBE | Mr | Anthony | Scott | Chief Examiner and Principal Moderator for GCSE Physical Education of Edexcel Exam Board. For services to education |
| MBE | Mr | Alan | Sefton | Head of Arsenal in the Community. For services to education and to young people in the UK and abroad |
| MBE | Mrs | Sandra | Simmons | Chair of Governors of Kilgarth School, Merseyside. For services to education |
| MBE | Mr | Charlie | Stripp | Chief Executive of Mathematics in Education and Industry. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs | Janet | Thethi | Divisional Vice President of the North East NSPCC. For services to children |
| MBE | Mr | Christopher | Wells | Chair of Governors of Federated Schools of Gislingham and Palgrave, Suffolk. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs | Deborah | Withers | Lately Headteacher of Wren Spinney Special School, Kettering. For services to education |
| BEM | Mrs | Audrey | Apperley | For services to children and young people in Tillington, Herefordshire |
| BEM | Mrs | Patricia | Burns | Staff Governor of Appleby Grammar School, Cumbria. For services to education |
| BEM | Ms | Lesley | Calvert | Manager of Funfishers Out of School Club and Playgroup, York. For services to education |
| BEM | Mrs | Tracy | Cullen | Business Manager of Queensbridge Primary School, London Borough of Hackney. For services to education |
| BEM | Mrs | Jane | Doherty | Manager of Ashford Family Nursery, Kent. For services to children and families |
| BEM | Mrs | Ashley | Hall | Fundraiser and Volunteer of Rocklands Special School, Lichfield. For services to education |
| BEM | Mrs | Maureen | Higham | Founder of Stay and Play Group, Warrington. For services to children and to the community in Radley Common |
| BEM | Mrs | (Monica) Susan | Hill | Community Volunteerof Mothers and Toddlers Group, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex. For services to children and families |
| BEM | Mrs | Janet | Inglis | School Teacher of Immanuel College, Bradford. For services to education |
| BEM | Mr | James | Jackson | Head Caretaker of Woodhouse College, London. Borough of Barnet For services to education |
| BEM | Mr | Nicholas | Martin | Co-founder and Fundraiser of Miracles To Believe In Charity, Leicestershire and Rutland. For services to children and families |
| BEM | Mr | Timothy | Meynell | School Governor and Volunteer Music Teacher at Alconbury Church of England Primary School, Cambridgeshire. For services to education |
| BEM | Mrs | Margaret | O’Prey | Voluntary Nursery Assistant at Petts Wood Playgroup for Children with Special Needs, Kent. For services to children and to the community in Petts Wood |
| BEM | Mrs | (Nanette) Lynne | Pullinger | Lately Learning Support Assistant at Burford School, Marlow Bottom, Buckinghamshire. For services to education |
| BEM | Ms | Effat | Rahimi-Kaloujeh | SIMS Operational Manager (Inclusion) of Westminster Academy, London. For services to education |
| BEM | Mrs | Diana | Robinson | School Volunteer and Chair of the Old Girls’ Association, Bury Grammar School Girls. For services to education |
| BEM | Ms | Margot | Small | Volunteer of Failsworth Children’s Centre, Burnley, Manchester. For services to children and young people |
| BEM | Mrs | Pamela | Smith | Volunteer at Ivington Church of England Primary School, Hereford. For services to education |
| BEM | Mrs | Sandra | Wevill | Manager of Broughton Astley Playgroup, Broughton Astley, Leicestershire. For services to children and families |
The full New Year Honours list is also available.
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