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New Year’s Honours List 2019

A total of 86 people have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to education, children’s services, and improving social mobility in the New Year’s Honours List 2019.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 December 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

The New Year’s Honours List 2019 recognises the contributions of those who work in the education and children’s services sectors including headteachers, governors, teachers, social workers, foster carers, school governors, and those who work in adoption and early years.

The recipients that appear on the list include Neil Bentley-Gockman, Chief Executive Officer, WorldSkills UK and Andria Zafirakou the 2018 Global Teacher Prize winner.

Education Secretary, Damian Hinds said:

Congratulations to all who were recognised in the New Year’s Honours List for their tremendous contribution to education, children’s services, and improving social mobility.

Thank you to every teacher, headteacher, social worker, principal, children’s services director, and apprenticeship provider who dedicate their lives to helping young people reach their potential. Your incredible work has enhanced countless lives across the country.

Jonathan Slater, Department for Education Permanent Secretary, said:

I would like to congratulate everyone who has received an award in the New Year’s Honours List 2019, and particularly those who have been recognised for their achievements in education, children’s service, or increasing social mobility.

This is a tribute to the outstanding contributions that have been made towards providing excellent care and education to children and young people, especially to the most vulnerable in society.

Nominating someone for an award If you know someone working to improve education, children’s services, or social mobility who deserves an honour, please contact the Honours Team at: Honours.team@education.gov.uk.

Knight (Kt)/Dame (DBE)

Award	Name	Short citation
Damehood	Madeleine Atkins CBE	Lately Chief Executive, Higher Education, Funding Council for England. For services to Higher Education.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Award	Name	Short citation
CBE	Lindsay Hayward Smith	Trustee, Education and Training Foundation. For services to Further Education.
CBE	Duncan Jacques	Chief Executive Officer, Exceed Academies,Trust. For services to Education.
CBE	Veronica Lewis MBE	Lately Joint Principal, The Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. For services to Higher Education in Dance, Drama and Circus Arts in the UK and Abroad.
CBE	Ruth Miskin OBE	For services to Education and Reading.
CBE	Ian Cornelius Thomas	For services to Local Government and Children’s Services.
CBE	Margaret Wilson DL	Headteacher, The King John School, Essex. For services to Education.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Award	Name	Short citation
OBE	Shirley Atkinson	Lately Vice-Chancellor, The University of Sunderland. For services to Widening Participation in Higher Education.
OBE	Neil Bentley-Gockmann	Chief Executive Officer, WorldSkills UK. For services to Equality in Business.
OBE	Carol Ann Brooks	Lately Chief Examiner, CACHE. For services to Early Years Education.
OBE	Christopher Brown	DL Chair of Council, University of Huddersfield. For services to Higher Education.
OBE	Owen Burke	Chair of Governors, Burton and South Derbyshire College. For services to Further Education.
OBE	Anne Carlisle	Vice-Chancellor, Falmouth University. For services to Higher Education in Cornwall.
OBE	Ann Connor	Lately Education Adviser, Department for Education. For services to Education.
OBE	Malcolm Dick	Director, Centre for West Midlands History, University of Birmingham. For services to History in the West Midlands.
OBE	Karen Dobson	Principal, Newcastle and Stafford College,Group. For services to Further Education in Staffordshire.
OBE	Nigel Duncan	Principal, Fareham College. For services to Further Education.
OBE	Michael Hamilton	Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Commando Joe’s. For services to Young People.
OBE	Lorraine Heath	Chief Executive Officer, Uffculme Academy Trust. For services to Education.
OBE	Brendan Heneghan	Principal, William Henry Smith School, West Yorkshire. For services to Special Educational Needs.
OBE	Sophie Humphreys	Founder, Pause. For services to Children’s Social Care.
OBE	Mary Isherwood	Headteacher, Camberwell Park School, Manchester. For services to Children and YoungPeople with Special Educational Needs.
OBE	Helen Johnson	Head of Children’s Services, The Refugee Council. For services to Refugees.
OBE	Patricia Kane	Executive Headteacher, The Education and Leadership Trust. For services to Education.
OBE	Raymond Linforth	Vice Chancellor and Principal, University College Birmingham. For services to Higher and Further Education in the West Midlands.
OBE	Philip Noyes	Chief Advisor on Child Protection, NSPCC. For public service.
OBE	Helen Pettifor	Director of Professional Standards and Workforce Development, Education and Training Foundation. For services to Further Education.
OBE	Karen Redhead	Lately Principal and Chief Executive Officer, Derwentside College. For services to Further Education.
OBE	Lynette Ryals	Pro Vice Chancellor, Cranfield University. For services to Higher Education.
OBE	Gary Smith	Headteacher, Market Field School. For services to Children with Special Educational Needs in Essex.
OBE	Janice Spencer	Assistant Director for Children’s Social Care, Lincolnshire County Council. For services to Children’s Social Care in Lincolnshire.
OBE	Shahed Tariq	Deputy Director of Children and Families, Leeds City Council. For services to Children’s Services in Leeds.
OBE	Kate Tiller DL	Reader Emerita in English Local History, University of Oxford. For services to Local History.
OBE	Eleanor Tobin	Lately Principal, Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College. For services to Education and Young People.
OBE	Josephine Valentine	Executive Head, Danes Educational Trust. For services to Education.
OBE	David Watson	Executive Principal and Chief Executive Officer of the Changing Lives in Collaboration Multi Academy Trust. For services to Education.
OBE	Angela Windle	Team Leader, Child Protection, Safeguarding and Family Law Team, Department for Education. For services to Children’s Social Care and the community in Sheffield.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Award	Name	Short citation
MBE	Lynette Adjei	Lately Marketing and Promotions Officer, Birmingham City Council. For services to Adoption and Fostering Recruitment.
MBE	Frances Bell	Teacher, Newport Primary School. For services to the Arts in Devon.
MBE	Elizabeth Booth	Lately Headteacher, Dalmain Primary School. For services to Education and the Arts in the London Borough of Lewisham.
MBE	Christopher Bridge	Chairman, Corporation Board, Colchester Institute. For services to Further Education and Skills.
MBE	James Cliffe	Manager, No Wrong Door, Stepney Road Children’s Centre, North Yorkshire County Council. For services to Children and Young People.
MBE	Joan Duncan	Foster Carer, Lambeth Council. For services to Fostering.
MBE	Valerie Dunsford	Lately Headteacher, Sheffield High School for Girls. For services to Education.
MBE	Peter Edgar	Executive Member for Education, Hampshire County Council. For services to Education and the community in Gosport.
MBE	David Hughes	Chair, The East Midlands Apprenticeship Ambassador Network. For services to Education.
MBE	Paul Irons	Chair of Governors, Fernwood School, Nottingham. For services to Education.
MBE	Karen Kaufman	Head of External Affairs, Busy Bees Childcare. For services to Children and Families.
MBE	Elaine Koerner	Foster Carer, Somerset County Council. For services to Fostering.
MBE	Valsa Koshy	Emeritus Professor, Brunel University London. For services to Education.
MBE	Carol Lyndon	Childline Counsellor, NSPCC. For services to Vulnerable Children.
MBE	Angela Middleton	Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MiddletonMurray Group. For services to Apprenticeship Training, Youth Employment and Business.
MBE	Vivienne Morgan	Founder and Proprietor, Northleigh House School. For services to Education.
MBE	Claire Paul	Director, Leadership Development and New Talent, BBC. For services to Apprenticeships and Education.
MBE	Elizabeth Perry	Organiser, The Innovation Project, Twynham School. For services to Children in Christchurch, Dorset.
MBE	Rachel Pilling	Head of Safeguarding, The Manchester College. For services to Further Education and Safeguarding.
MBE	Judith Poole	Head of Student Support and Wellbeing, Blackpool and The Fylde College. For services to Education.
MBE	Louise Purser	ASYE Practice Assessor, Central Bedfordshire Council and Volunteer, British Association of Social Workers and Learn to Care. For services to Children’s Social Care.
MBE	Derek Randall	Chair of Governors, Bridgwater and Taunton College. For services to Further Education.
MBE	Victoria Rodney	Community Champion, Mercy Foundation Centre. For voluntary service to the community in Battersea.
MBE	Gail Rothnie	Head of Outreach, University of Birmingham. For services to Widening Participation in Higher Education.
MBE	Lucinda Rumsey	Senior Tutor, Mansfield College, University of Oxford. For services to Widening Participation in Higher Education.
MBE	Douglas Seymour	Chair of Governors, Frank Wise School Banbury. For services to Education and the community in Oxfordshire and North Devon.
MBE	Jacqueline Stevenson	Sociologist and Head of Research, Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University. For services to Education.
MBE	Michael Terrell	Foster Carer, Plymouth City Council. For services to Fostering.
MBE	Mandy Terrell	Foster Carer, Plymouth City Council. For services to Fostering.
MBE	Ann Turner	Lately Principal and Chief Executive Officer, Myerscough College. For services to Land Based Education and Training.
MBE	Eileen Vassie	Governor, Chelsfield Primary School. For services to Education.
MBE	Jashu Vekaria	Deputy Headteacher, Uxendon Manor Primary School. For services to Primary Education.
MBE	Louise Walker	Head of Social Work and Professional Standards, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. For services to Adult and Children’s Social Care.
MBE	Helen Wood	Foster Carer, Derbyshire City Council. For services to Fostering.
MBE	Colin Wood	Foster Carer, Derbyshire City Council. For services to Fostering.
MBE	Andria Zafirakou	Associate Deputy Head, Alperton Community School. For services to Education and Young People in Brent.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Award	Name	Short citation
BEM	Susan Barratt	Lately Governor, Castle Hill High School. For services to Education.
BEM	Ann Bramley	Reading Champion, Western Community Primary School, Wallsend. For services to the community in Wallsend.
BEM	Dorothy Brierley	Vice Chairman, Rochdale Childer. For services to Children in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.
BEM	Karen Goldsworthy	Governor, Sparhawk Infant School and Nursery. For services to Education.
BEM	Aimee Hinton	Social Worker, Essex County Council. For services to Children’s Social Care.
BEM	Joan Pantony	Scout Leader, 5th Sittingbourne Scout Group. For services to Young People.
BEM	Ian Pittaway	Chairman, The Robert Clack Development Trust. For services to the community in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
BEM	Betty Porter	Group Skills Instructor, 3rd Osterley Sea Scout Group. For services to Young People in the London Borough of Hounslow.
BEM	Rosemarie Pysarczuk	Cabinet Committee Correspondence Officer, Department for Education. For services to Education.
BEM	Alison Rae	Trustee and Secretary, Marlow Opportunity Playgroup. For services to Children with Disabilities.
BEM	Rita Sheehan	Manager, Community Centre Playgroup, Manorfield Church of England School, Leicestershire. For services to Children and the community in Leicestershire.
BEM	James Whiskens	Lately Caretaker, Fircroft College. For services to Student Pastoral Care.

Published 28 December 2018