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New Year Honours list 2018: Department for Education

130 people have been recognised for their services to education and driving forward social mobility in the 2018 New Year Honours list.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 29 December 2017

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Recipients recognised in the New Year Honours 2018 list have all been chosen for their outstanding contributions to society, in particular their work to give every child, whatever their background, the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Some of the inspiring stories include a couple who have fostered more than 50 children over the last thirty years, a headteacher who turned her school around and developed a specialist autism unit, and teachers who have worked tirelessly to transform struggling schools in their communities.

The list of award recipients recognises the achievements of a wide range of people who have contributed in an outstanding way to putting education at the heart of social mobility, raising schools standards and teaching.

Jonathan Slater, Department for Education Permanent Secretary:

I want to congratulate each and every person who has been recognised in the New Year Honours list. The hard work and dedication of the award recipients is helping to improve educational standards and to create opportunities for every young person. They are also essential in unlocking the talent in every community across the country. This is something we should all aspire to.

If you know someone working in education or children’s services or making a significant impact in advancing equality for women and the LGB&T community who deserves an honour, please contact us at: Honours.team@education.gov.uk.

Companion of Honour

Read the full list and more about the honours system

Knight (Kt)/Dame (DBE)

Award	Name	Short citation
Kt	Timothy David Melville-Ross	Chair, Higher Education Funding Council for England. For services to Higher Education.
Kt	Alan John Tuckett	Professor of Education, University of Wolverhampton. For services to Education, particularly Adult Learning.
Kt	Alan Thorpe Richard Wood	Lately Corporate Director, Children and Young People’s Services, London Borough of Hackney. For services to Children’s Social Care and Education.
DBE	Janet Patricia Beer	Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool. For services to Higher Education and Equality.
DBE	Christine Ryan	Lately Chief Inspector, Independent Schools Inspectorate. For services to Education.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Award	Name	Short citation
CB	Howard Orme	Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Department for Education. For public services, especially to Finance and Building Delivery Capability.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Award	Name	Short citation
CBE	Joy Carter	Vice-Chancellor, University of Winchester. For services to Higher Education.
CBE	Judith Doyle	Principal and Chief Executive Officer, Gateshead College. For services to Education and Skills in the North East.
CBE	David Robert Earnshaw	Chair, Outwood Grange Academies Trust. For services to Education.
CBE	Paul Gregg	Professor of Economic and Social Policy, University of Bath. For services to Children and Social Mobility.
CBE	Dave Christopher Hill	Executive Director for Social Care and Education, Essex County Council. For services to Children’s Social Care.
CBE	David Robert Meller	Founder, Meller Educational Trust and Chair, National Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network. For services to Education.
CBE	Lindsey Janet Whiterod	Chief Executive, South Tyneside College. For services to Education and the community in South Tyneside.
CBE	Nick Gerard Peter Whitfield	Chief Executive, Achieving for Children and Children’s Services and lately Commissioner, Sunderland and Reading. For services to Children.
CBE	Ngaire Tui Woods	Dean, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University. For services to Higher Education and Public Policy.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Award	Name	Short citation
OBE	Christine Abbott	Chief Executive Officer, The Education Alliance and Executive Principal, South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College, Melton. For services to Education.
OBE	James Arthur	Professor of Education and Civic Engagement, University of Birmingham. For services to Education.
OBE	Clive Behagg	Lately Vice-Chancellor, University of Chichester. For services to Higher Education and Economic Regeneration.
OBE	Pamela Birch	Executive Principal, Hambleton Primary Academy and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Fylde Coast Academy Trust. For services to Education.
OBE	Karen Bryan	Lately Pro Vice-Chancellor, Regional Engagement and Dean, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Higher Education.
OBE	Zoe Elizabeth Carr	Chief Executive Officer, WISE Academies Multi Academy Trust. For services to Education.
OBE	Katharine Elizabeth Carruthers	Director, UCL Institute of Education, Confucius Institute for Schools. For services to Education.
OBE	Catherine Jane Clarke	Lately Headteacher, King’s Oak Primary School, New Malden. For services to Education.
OBE	Lynn Codling	Executive Headteacher, Portswood Primary and St Mary’s CE Primary School. For services to Education.
OBE	Stephen Melville Criddle	Principal, South Devon College, Paignton. For services to Education.
OBE	David Deane	Headteacher, St Thomas of Canterbury Primary School, National Leader for Education and Ofsted Inspector. For services to Primary Education.
OBE	David Docherty	Chief Executive, National Centre for Universities and Business. For services to Higher Education and Business.
OBE	Oliver James Entwistle	Lately Chair, Civil Service Rainbow Alliance. For services to Diversity and Inclusion in the Civil Service.
OBE	Hilary Joyce Grainger	Dean, Academic Development and Quality Assurance, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. For services to Higher Education.
OBE	Philip Hamilton	Chief Executive Officer and Founding Trustee, Community Academies Trust. For services to Education.
OBE	Frances Anne Hawkes	Headteacher, The Federation of St Elphege’s and Regina Coeli Catholic Schools. For services to Education.
OBE	Judith Ann Hay	Assistant Director for Children and Families, North Yorkshire County Council. For services to Child Protection in North Yorkshire.
OBE	Barbara Jane Holm	Principal, Westminster Adult Education Service and Founder, National Adult Community Learning Support and Development Network. For services to Adult Education.
OBE	Margaret Ann House	Vice-Chancellor, Leeds Trinity University. For services to Higher Education.
OBE	David Johnston	Chief Executive, Social Mobility Foundation. For services to Social Mobility and Education.
OBE	Martin Kelly	Head of Resources, Children and Young People’s Services, North Yorkshire County Council. For services to Children and Young People in North Yorkshire.
OBE	Emma Shevvan Knights	Chief Executive, National Governance Association. For services to Education.
OBE	Naomi Marek	Chief Executive, Sky Badger. For services to Special Educational Needs.
OBE	Geraldine McAndrew	Chief Executive, Buttle UK and Chair, Grant Management Panel, Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies. For services to the Voluntary Sector.
OBE	Bernice Alda McCabe	Headmistress, North London Collegiate School. For services to Education.
OBE	Anthony O’Hear	Professor of Philosophy and lately Head, Department of Education, University of Buckingham. For services to Education.
OBE	Gavin David Redvers Oldham	For services to Children through the Share Foundation.
OBE	Kevin Allen Huw Parry	Chairman, Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation. For services to Vulnerable Children.
OBE	Graham Richard Pellew	Lately Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Families for Children Adoption Agency. For services to Children.
OBE	Judith Carmel Sebba	For services to Higher Education and to Disadvantaged Young People.
OBE	Paul Taiano	Chair of Governors, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. For services to Drama Training and Horse Racing Welfare.
OBE	Kim Bernadette Taylor	Headteacher, Spring Common Academy. For services to Education.
OBE	Julia Templeman	Chief Executive Officer, Northampton Primary Academy Trust Partnership. For services to Education.
OBE	Elizabeth Wolverson	Chief Executive, London Diocesan Board for Schools Academies Trust. For services to Education.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Award	Name	Short citation
MBE	Joan Bamber	Governor, Dame Evelyn Fox and Newfield Schools. For services to Education.
MBE	Comfort Louise Ama Banahene	Head of Educational Engagement, University of Leeds. For services to Higher Education.
MBE	Paul Nicholas Berman	Chair of Trustees, Wargrave House School. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
MBE	Lorraine Bliss	For services to Disadvantaged Young People in Norfolk and Suffolk.
MBE	Neil David Bohanna	Head of Operations, Royal Northern College of Music. For services to Higher Education.
MBE	Barbara Bower	Foster Carer, West Sussex County Council. For services to Children and Families.
MBE	John Edward Bowers	Chair of Governors, Dixons Kings Academy. For services to Education.
MBE	Joanna Caroline Jane Brotherstone	Governor, Greenmead School, Wandsworth, London and Co-founder, Small Steps Charity. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
MBE	Christopher Malcolm Brown	Governor, Sir Tom Finney Community High School, Preston. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
MBE	James Brown	Policy Officer, Secure Children’s Homes, Department for Education. For services to Education.
MBE	Colin George Bryant	For services to Young People.
MBE	Sarah Butcher	Director of Care, Priors Court School, Berkshire. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
MBE	Charles Richard Butler	Assistant Headteacher and Head of Performing Arts, Ulverston Victoria High School, Cumbria. For services to Music Education.
MBE	Richard Alan Carter	Governor, West Suffolk College. For services to Education.
MBE	Jeffrey Alan Coates	Social Worker and Member, Adoption Support Expert Advisory Group. For services to Children.
MBE	Bobby Gurbhej Singh Dev	For services to Young People in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
MBE	Maria Eves	Chair of Governors, Broughton Hall Catholic High School and Vice Chair, St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary School. For services to Education.
MBE	Michael William Finney	Director of Advice, Admissions and Marketing, South Cheshire College. For services to Education.
MBE	Louise Fitzroy-Stone	Executive Director of Sport, Guildford High School. For services to Education.
MBE	Lawrence Forshaw	Life President, Governing Body, Alder Grange School, Rossendale, Lancashire. For services to Education.
MBE	Rebecca Jane Foster	Course Leader for Physical Education and Senior Lecturer in Adapted Physical Education, University of Worcester. For services to Inclusive Sport and Young People.
MBE	Arthur Frost	Foster Carer, East Cheshire Council. For services to Children and Families.
MBE	Dorothy Ann Frost	Foster Carer, East Cheshire Council. For services to Children and Families.
MBE	Deborah Sylvia Gardiner	Chief Executive Officer, Qube Learning. For services to Apprenticeships and charity.
MBE	Jacqueline Alexandra Gerrard	Chair of the Corporation, Strode’s College, Egham. For services to Education.
MBE	Howard Groves	Member, Senior Mathematical Challenge Problems Group and Member, UK Mathematics Trust Challenges Sub Trust. For services to Education.
MBE	Catherine Diane Gullen	For services to Children.
MBE	Rosemary Hadfield	Member, The Clement Danes Trust Board and Associate Governor, Westfield Academy, Hertfordshire. For services to Education.
MBE	Jane Harley	Team Leader, Teacher Strategy and Practice Unit, Department for Education. For services to Education and to the community in Sheffield.
MBE	Margaret Ann Harvey	Vice Chair, Camden Association of Foster Carers. For services to Children.
MBE	Anne Hendy	Teacher, Hitchin Girls’ School. For services to Education.
MBE	Maureen Constance Hercules	Founder and Headteacher, Dallington School, London. For services to Education.
MBE	Patricia Hiley	For services to Adoption.
MBE	Margaret Helen Hollingsworth	Lately Trustee, Inspiration Trust. For services to Education.
MBE	Colin Roy Hopkins	School Governor and Chair of Trustees, Church of England Central Education Trust. For services to Education.
MBE	Pearline Evadney Howard	Foster Carer, Wandsworth Borough Council. For services to Children and Families.
MBE	Anthony John Impey	Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Optimity. For services to Apprenticeships, Small Businesses and Broadband Connectivity.
MBE	Christine Ann Jeffery	Chair, Skills Group UK Ltd. For services to Skills Training and charity.
MBE	Anthony Colin Johnson	Chair of Governors, Oaklands Primary School, Yeovil, Somerset. For services to Education.
MBE	Kathleen Keillor	Governor, Caroline Haslett Primary School. For services to Education.
MBE	Alexander Khan	Chief Executive Officer, Lifetime Training. For services to Apprenticeships.
MBE	Gillian Lane	Lately Vice-Chair of Governors, Central College Nottingham and Governor, Acorn Primary Federation. For services to Education.
MBE	Rosemary Leach	Principal Lecturer, Sport Development, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Education.
MBE	Roisin Maguire	Lately Principal, St Joseph’s College, Stoke-on-Trent. For services to Education.
MBE	Carolyn Anne McVittie	Managing Director, Stepahead. For services to Children and Families.
MBE	Jennifer Meakin	For services to Children with Disabilities, particularly through Sport.
MBE	Alison Elizabeth North	Teacher and Choir Leader, Lindley Junior School, Huddersfield. For services to Education.
MBE	Marcella Eileen Phelan	For services to Young People in Ealing, London.
MBE	Michael John Pipes	Lately School Governor, Hampshire. For services to Education.
MBE	Timothy Michael Staden Pocock	For services to Education and charity.
MBE	Kathryn Podmore	Lately Principal, Birkenhead Sixth Form College. For services to Education.
MBE	Nicholas Andrew Nesbitt Rowe	Director of Converge, York St John University. For services to People with Mental Ill Health in Yorkshire and the North East.
MBE	Linda Ruth Rowles	Personal Assistant to Directors for Higher Education Reform, Department for Education. For services to Education and to the community in Bromley.
MBE	Anne Florence May Shaw	Foster Carer, Sheffield City Council. For services to Children and Families.
MBE	Andrew Spiers	Director of Science and Technology, Ardingly College. For services to Education.
MBE	Michael George Squire	Foster Carer, Wiltshire Council. For services to Children and Families.
MBE	Rachel Denise Squire	Foster Carer, Wiltshire Council. For services to Children and Families.
MBE	William Stephens	University Secretary and Head, Executive Office, Cranfield University. For services to Higher Education.
MBE	Melinda Tan	Rector, University of Central Lancashire Cyprus Branch Campus. For services to British Higher Education Overseas and the Promotion of Bi-communal Relations in Cyprus.
MBE	Suzanne Jane Taylor	For services to Education.
MBE	David Thomas	For services to Social Work Education and People with Disabilities.
MBE	Alison Jayne Watson	Chief Executive Officer, Class of Your Own. For services to Education.
MBE	Derrick John Willer	Schools Liaison Officer, Institution of Engineering and Technology. For services to Education.
MBE	Martin Williams	Foster Carer, Croydon Borough Council and Chair, Croydon Foster Carer Association. For services to Children and Families.
MBE	Robert Clive Wilson	Director of Estates and Facilities, University of Bradford. For services to Higher Education and Sustainability.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Award	Name	Short citation
BEM	Sarah Avery	Team Manager, Child Protection and Court Team, Bath and North East Somerset Council. For services to Children.
BEM	Andrew Robert Bromley	International Student Support Officer, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Higher Education.
BEM	Ann Maureen Browning	Chairman, Berkhamsted Committee, The Children’s Society. For charitable services.
BEM	Susan Clarey	Office Manager, St Anne’s Church of England Primary School, Bishop Auckland. For services to Education.
BEM	Hilary Cynthia Ford	School Volunteer, Herringthorpe Junior School, Rotherham. For services to Education.
BEM	Sabrina Alicia Francis	Social Media Officer, City, University of London. For services to the University of London.
BEM	Lesley Ann Hall	For services to Education.
BEM	Roberta June Harrington	Education Officer, Chelmsford Cathedral, Essex. For services to Education.
BEM	Mary-Joy Langdon	For services to Disabled and Disadvantaged Children.
BEM	Fiona McCormack	For services to Children and Young Adults with Special Educational Needs in Essex, Hertfordshire and London.
BEM	Hayley Louise Ryan	Teaching Innovation Manager, Southampton City College. For services to Education.
BEM	Patricia Catherine Venton	Business Manager, Camelsdale Primary School. For services to Education.
BEM	Philippa Pia Webster	Trustee, NSPCC. For services to Children and Young People.
BEM	Shirley Ann Wells	For services to Education and Young People.
BEM	Susan Jacqueline Whitham	Head of Student Services, St Mary’s University, Twickenham. For services to Higher Education.
BEM	Ellen Wiles	Chef, Oak Field Special School. For services to Children with Special Dietary Requirements.

Published 29 December 2017