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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.
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. |