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New Year Honours list 2016: education and children's services

The list of people working in education and children’s services who have received an honour.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 30 December 2015

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

The 2016 New Year Honours list, published on Thursday 31 December 2015, recognises 107 people for their service to education and children’s services. The list includes headteachers and classroom teachers, school governors, foster carers, children’s social workers, and people working in adoption and in early years settings.

Chris Wormald, Department for Education Permanent Secretary, said:

Congratulations to everyone who has been recognised in the New Year Honours List. They have made an outstanding contribution to education and children’s services. Their hard work and dedication is helping to improve the lives of children and young people and raising educational standards across the country, so that every child and young person can fulfil their potential.

If you know someone working in education or children’s services who deserves an honour please contact us at:

Honours.team@education.gov.uk

Looking for the latest honours recipients? See the 2016 New Year Honours list

Award	Title and name	Short citation
Knight	Sir Clive Cowdery	Philanthropist and founder, Resolution Foundation. For services to children and social mobility.
Damehood	Dame Susan Jowett	Chief Executive, The Spencer Academies Trust; Executive Principal, George Spencer Academy, Nottingham. For services to education.
Knight	Sir Steve Lancashire	Founder and CEO, REAch2; Executive Headteacher, Hillyfield Primary Academy, London Borough of Waltham Forest. For services to education.
Damehood	Dame Glenys Stacey	Chief Regulator and Chief Executive, Ofqual. For services to education.
CB	Ms Sue Baldwin	Director, Academies and Maintained Schools Group, Department for Education. For services to education.
CBE	Mrs Rhona Barnfield	Chief Executive Officer, The Howard Partnership Trust; Executive Head, Howard of Effingham School and Thomas Knyvett College, Surrey. For services to education.
CBE	Mr Roy Blatchford	Director, National Education Trust. For services to education.
CBE	Professor Barry Carpenter	International Professor of Learning Disabilities. For services to special educational needs.
CBE	Mr David Lane	Lately Vice-President, Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. For services to childcare and social work.
CBE	Professor Julia Selwyn	Professor and Director, Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies, Bristol University. For services to adoption and children’s social care.
CBE	Mr Hugh Thornbery	Chief Executive, Adoption UK. For services to children and families.
OBE	Ms Eugenie Adams	Headteacher, Baskerville Special and Residential School, Birmingham. For services to special educational needs and disabilities.
OBE	Mr John Ayres	Principal, Eden Multi-Academy Trust, Middlesex. For services to education
OBE	Mr David Bartram	Assistant headteacher, Lampton School, Hounslow, London. For services to special educational needs and disabilities.
OBE	Mrs Juliana Beattie	Founder, The Art Room. For services to education.
OBE	Mrs Judith Bennett	Lately Director, National Governors’ Association; Vice-Chair of Governors, Chalgrove Community Primary School, Oxfordshire. For services to education.
OBE	Ms Evelynne Berger	Primary Director, Harris Foundation; Lead advisor, London Challenge, Department for Education HM Inspector of Schools. For services to education.
OBE	Mr John Cameron	Head of Helplines, Child Protection Operations, NSPCC helpline. For services to child protection.
OBE	Dr Nicholas Capstick	Chief Executive Officer, White Horse Federation. For services to education.
OBE	Mrs Lynn Chesterman	Trustee and lately Chief Executive, The Grandparents’ Association. For services to children and families.
OBE	Mr Neil Clephan	Headteacher, Roundhay School, Leeds. For services to education.
OBE	Ms Elaine Colquhoun	Executive Principal, Whitefield Academy Trust, Walthamstow, London. For services to education.
OBE	Mr Robin Douglas	Chair of Trustees, The Who Cares? Trust, London. For services to children and young people.
OBE	Dr Helen Jones	Headteacher, Beacon Hill School and Business and Enterprise College, Tyne and Wear. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities.
OBE	Ms Bernadette Knill	Lately Headteacher, Priory Woods Special School, Middlesbrough. For services to children with special educational needs.
OBE	Mrs Maureen Martin	Headteacher, Coloma Convent Girls’ School, Croydon. For services to education.
OBE	Mrs Pauline Monaghan	Chief Executive, The Rise Trust, Chippenham. For services to children and families.
OBE	Dr Patricia Mucavele	Head of Nutrition, Children’s Food Trust. For services to children and families
OBE	Mrs Lynne Pepper	Headteacher, Herringthorpe Infants School, Rotherham, and Enterprise Champion. For services to education.
OBE	Mrs Sue Pettigrew	Director, St Michael’s Fellowship, London. For services to children and families.
OBE	Mrs Janet Rees	Co-founder, Foster Care Associates; Non-executive Director, Core Assets Group. For services to children and families.
OBE	Professor Ron Ritchie	Chair of Board, Cabot Learning Federation Academies Trust; lately Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of the West of England. For services to education.
OBE	Mrs Gillian Robinson	Executive headteacher, Castle Hill School, Huddersfield. Services to children with special educational needs and disabilities.
OBE	Mr Peter Rogers	Director of Operations and Quality, 4Children; services to scouting in London. For services to children and families and voluntary service to young people.
OBE	Councillor Katharine Tracey	Cabinet member, Education and Children’s Services, Wandsworth Borough Council. For services to children and families.
OBE	Mr Gary Wilder	Executive headteacher, Furze Warren Hard Federation, Chadwell Heath, Romford. For services to education.
OBE	Ms Venessa Willms	Director of Primary Education, ARK Schools. For services to education.
MBE	Mrs Kim Arrowsmith	Manager, The Matchbox day nursery, Tower Hamlets. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mrs Jackie Barnett	Foster carer, Hertfordshire county council. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mr David Bartlett	Founder, Pear Tree Projects. For services to children and young people in the north east.
MBE	Mr Robert Bass	Head of Classics, Orwell Park School, Suffolk, Ipswich. For services to education.
MBE	Mrs Jackie Bennett	Foster carer, Wolverhampton city council. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mr Clifford Bennett	Foster carer, Wolverhampton city council. For services to children and families.
MBE	Ms Carol Bottomley	Higher Executive Officer, West Midlands regional team, Academies Group, Department for Education. For services to education and voluntary service to sport in Darlington.
MBE	Mrs Dolores Bray-Ash	Chair, Early Years Network Tower Hamlets; Vice-Chair of Governors, Charles Darwin School, Bromley. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mrs Susan Broughton	Lately Acting Chair of the Trustee Board, Deaf Education Through Listening and Talking charity. For services to children with special educational needs.
MBE	Mrs Rita Byrne	Lately School Improvement Officer, Liverpool. For services to education.
MBE	Mr Paul Chubb	Lately Executive Director, Careers England; Chair of Governors, The Dales School. For services to career education and guidance.
MBE	Mr Ian Clayton	Principal, Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form, Norwich. For services to education.
MBE	Mr David Cowell	Managing Director, Melton Learning Hub, Leicestershire. For services to vocational education.
MBE	Mrs Hilary Dobbie	Lately Principal, Moor House School and College, Oxted, Surrey. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities.
MBE	Mrs Ann Forbes	Science teacher, Hertfordshire and Essex High School. For services to education in the UK and Uganda.
MBE	Mrs Kathleen Gilbert	Foster carer, Peterborough city council. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mr Philip Gilbert	Foster carer, Peterborough city council. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mr Frederick Hanson	Foster carer, Herefordshire council. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mrs Violet Hanson	Foster carer, Herefordshire council. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mrs Trudi Harris	Lately Chair of Trustees, Cherry Trees Respite Care, East Clandon, Surrey. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities.
MBE	Mr Duncan Haworth	Chair of Governors, Woodfall Primary School, Little Neston, Cheshire. For services to education.
MBE	Ms Linda Houston	Higher Executive Officer, Academies Group, Infrastructure and Funding Directorate, Department for Education. For public and voluntary service to education.
MBE	Mr Chris Howard	Lately Chair of Governors, Saxon Wood School, Basingstoke. For services to special educational needs.
MBE	Mr Martin Howarth	Assistant Director, Children’s Services and Departmental Strategy Directorate, Department for Education. For services to children and education.
MBE	Mr Stephen Humble	Teaching fellow in PGCE maths, Newcastle University; freelance maths consultant. For services to education.
MBE	Mr Christopher Hutton	Chief Financial Officer, City of London Academies; facilitator, Academy Finance Director’s Forum. For services to education.
MBE	Mr Michael Josephson	North-west Divisional Vice President, NSPCC. For services to children.
MBE	Ms Janet Leach	Head of Disabled Children’s Services, London Borough of Enfield. For services to children with special educational needs.
MBE	Ms Carmel McConnell	Founder, Magic Breakfast charity. For services to school food.
MBE	Mrs Heather McKissack	Senior Mistress, King’s College School, Wimbledon. For services to education.
MBE	Mrs Carol Nice	Founder, Stepping Stones Play and Learn Group, Colchester. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities.
MBE	Ms Paulette Osborne	Headteacher, St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School, Birmingham. For services to education.
MBE	Mrs Janice Pallas	Chair, NSPCC Fundraising Committee, Newcastle upon Tyne. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mr David Peck	Chair of Governors, Ravenscliffe High School and Sports College, Halifax, West Yorkshire. For services to education.
MBE	Mrs Diane Price	Founder, InDiGo charity. For services to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families in Blackburn and Darwen, Lancashire.
MBE	Mrs Edith Ray	Group Scout Leader and classroom assistant, Alex Macleod School, Abbey Wood, London. For services to education.
MBE	Mrs Linda Robinson	Co-founder and Senior Co-ordinator, The Home-Start Scheme, Uttlesford. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mrs Lindsey Rousseau	Founder and facilitator, National Sensory Impairment Partnership. For services to special educational needs.
MBE	Mrs Kathleen Shayler	Foster carer, Wolverhampton council fostering service. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mr Roy Shayler	Foster carer, Wolverhampton council fostering service. For services to children and families.
MBE	Ms Enza Smith	Founder, Kinship Carers UK. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mrs Margaret Southworth	Chair of Governors, The SABDEN Multi-Academy Trust, East Sussex. For services to education.
MBE	Mr Gordon Stubberfield	Chair of Governors, Southgate School, Enfield. For services to education.
MBE	Mrs Patrice Thomas	Foster carer, London borough of Brent. For services to children and families.
MBE	Mr Barrie Thomas	Lately Chair of the Board of Trustees, Torch Academy Gateway Trust. For services to education and to the community in Bingham, Nottinghamshire.
MBE	Mrs Catherine Tindall	Lately Head of Early Years, Newfield Special School, Blackburn. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities.
MBE	Mr Richard Tovey	Honorary Life Member of The Independent Association of Prep Schools, Leamington Spa. For services to education.
MBE	Mrs Yvonne Weatherhead	For services to education.
MBE	Mr Christopher Williams	Psychological support services for young people, Lancashire. For services to special educational needs.
MBE	Mrs Pauline Wilson	Headteacher, Ursuline Preparatory School, Essex. For services to education.
MBE	Mr Howard Wood	Lately teacher, Oathall Community College, West Sussex. For services to education.
MBE	Mrs Jill Woodhouse	Children’s services practitioner, NSPCC. For services to children.
BEM	Mr Adrian Botham	Chairman, Pantonic All Stars Steel Band; community volunteer. For services to education.
BEM	Mrs Janet Bucknell	Lately school support worker, Lonsdale School, Stevenage. For services to special educational needs and disabilities.
BEM	Mrs Ailsa Button	Founder, The Gemmery Mother and Toddler Group, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. For services to children and families.
BEM	Mr Paul Chidgey	Chair of Governors, The Barlow RC High School and Specialist Science College, Manchester. For services to education.
BEM	Mrs Gaynor Clegg	Senior Lunchtime Supervisor, Ravensthorpe CE (C) Junior School, Dewsbury. For services to education.
BEM	Mrs Helen Fowler	Volunteer reading assistant, St George’s Infant School and Woodside Junior School, Amersham. For services to children and reading.
BEM	Mr Michael Galloway-Allbut	Governor and lately Chair of Governors, Catherine Infant School, Leicester. For services to education
BEM	Mrs Maureen Gould	Chair of Governors, Oak View School, Loughton. For services to education.
BEM	Ms Gail Hall	Vice Chair, Warrington Parents and Carers. For services to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
BEM	Mrs Kay Harvey	For voluntary and charitable services to children, young people and families in Badersfield, Norfolk.
BEM	Mrs Keelie Hill	Teaching assistant, Sherbourne Fields School; Coventry and Sherbourne Stars Coach. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities.
BEM	Mrs Shirley Holt	School volunteer, Chorley New Road Primary School, Horwich, Bolton; community volunteer. For services to education.
BEM	Mr Clive Hubery	Chair of Governors, The Oaks Secondary School, Spennymoor, Co Durham. For services to education.
BEM	Mrs Marie-Teresa Lomas	Teaching assistant, William Hulme’s Grammar School, Manchester. For services to education and to the community in Manchester.
BEM	Mr Keith Ottywill	School volunteer, Centre Academy East Anglia, Ipswich. For services to education.
BEM	Mr Peter Twyman	Music teacher, Lipson Co-operative Academy, Plymouth, Devon. For services to young people and music.
BEM	Mrs Barbara Wilkins	Owner, Jack and Jill Pre-school, Essex. For services to education.
BEM	Mrs Alison Wrigley	Director, Just So Singers Choir, Surrey. For services to education.

Published 30 December 2015