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Queen's Birthday Honours 2010
Details of the list of recipients of Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2010 from the Department for Education.
Queen’s Birthday Honours list was published on Saturday 12 June. In total 89 people received awards from across the Department’s spectrum of responsibilities. The list is given below.
Naila Zaffar, Headteacher of Copthorne Primary School in Bradford, received a damehood (DBE) for services to education.
A CBE was awarded to Elizabeth Burnley, Chief Guide, Girlguiding UK, for services to young people.
David Bell, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education, said:
Outstanding service and achievement deserve to be recognised. I congratulate all those who have received an award. Through their work, they are helping to raise educational standards across the country and ensuring that every child and young person fulfils their potential, whatever their background or circumstances.
| Award | Forename | Surname | Short Citation |
| DBE | Naila | Zaffar | Headteacher, Copthorne Primary School, Bradford. For services to local and national education |
| CB | Lesley | Longstone | Director-General, Young People, Department for Education |
| CBE | Elizabeth | Burnley | Chief Guide, Girlguiding UK. For services to young people |
| Alan | Clarke | Deputy Director, Curriculum & Pupil Wellbeing, Schools Directorate, Department for Education | |
| Peter | Collins | Chief Executive, Salford Foundation Charity. For services to young people | |
| David | Gregory | Headteacher, Fosse Way Community Special School, Bath. For services to special needs education | |
| Prudence | Leith | Lately Chair, School Food Trust | |
| Jo | Shuter | Headteacher, Quintin Kynaston Community School, City of Westminster, London. For services to local and national education | |
| Neil | Suggett | Headteacher, Hayes Park School, Hillingdon, London. For services to education | |
| Helen | Tait | Headteacher, Sandgate Primary School and Folkstone Academy, Kent. For services to education in Kent | |
| OBE | Vivien | Bailey | Lately Her Majesty's Inspector, Ofsted |
| Mark | Blundell | Chief Executive, Salmon Youth Centre, Bermondsey, London. For services to young people | |
| Jennifer | Boothman | Lately Headteacher, Pennington CE Primary School, Pennington, Cumbria. For services to education | |
| Kathryn | Broadhurst | Headteacher, Green Lane Infants School, Leicester. For services to education | |
| Thomas | Canning | Headteacher, Tollgate Primary School, Newham, London. For services to local and national education | |
| Laura | Coletti | Manager, Violet Melchett Sure Start Children's Centre, Kensington, London. For services to children and families | |
| Angela | Darnell | Headteacher, Egglescliffe High School, Stockton-on-Tees. For services to education | |
| Margaret | Eva | Headteacher, Bourne Community College, West Sussex. For services to education | |
| Tracy | Jackson | Manager, The Crescent Children's Centre, Meir, Stoke on Trent. For services to children and families | |
| Lynne | James | Manager, Hartcliffe Sure Start Children's Centre, Bristol. For services to children and families | |
| Dilys | Jones | Lately Headteacher, Lypiatt Primary School and Early Years Centre, Wiltshire. For services to education | |
| Jean | Jones | Headteacher, Grace Owen Nursery School, Sheffield. For services to Early Years Education | |
| Sian | Rees-Jones | Headteacher, Bognor Regis Sure Start Children's Centre, West Sussex. For services to Early Years education | |
| Roger | Legate | Principal and Head of Visual Impairment Service, Linden Lodge School, Wandsworth, London. For services to special needs education | |
| Catherine | Myers | Executive Headteacher, Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate Schools, Tower Hamlets, London. For services to education | |
| Angela | O'Connor | Headteacher, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hastings. For services to education | |
| Honor | Rhodes | Director of Strategic Development, Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships | |
| Inderjit | Sandhu | Headteacher, Launde Primary School, Leicestershire. For services to education | |
| Angela | Sibson | Chief Executive, National Academy of Parenting Practitioners. For services to children and families | |
| Christopher | Stevens | Lately Head of Inclusion Policy, British Educational and Communications Technology Agency. For services to special needs education | |
| Elizabeth | Taylor | Public Health Manager, Southampton City Primary Care Trust. For services to children and families | |
| Fiona | Wheeler | Team Leader, Early Years Parenting and Promoting Learning Team, Department for Education | |
| MBE | Christopher | Barrows | Chair of Governors, Coombes Church of England Primary School, Wokingham, Berkshire. For voluntary service to education |
| Alan | Bernstein | For services to young people in Kent | |
| Francis | Betteridge | For services to the voluntary sector in Sandwell, West Midlands | |
| David | Braddock | Governor, Ferndown Upper School, Dorset. For voluntary service to education | |
| Lorraine | Brett | Foster carer, Lancashire. For services to children and families | |
| Ralph | Brett | Foster carer, Lancashire. For services to children and families | |
| Donald | Charlton | For voluntary service to the Scouts in the North East | |
| Pamela | Clarke | For services to the community in West Yorkshire | |
| Terence | Clarke | Assistant Headteacher and Arts Coordinator, Langley School, Solihull. For services to education | |
| Pauline | Cocker | Lately Chair of the Corporation, Birkenhead Sixth Form College, Wirral. For voluntary service to education | |
| Simon | Cooke | Governor, Newport Free Grammar School, Essex | |
| Mary | Crook | For services to young people in Cornwall | |
| Shirley | Dyer | Caretaker, College Park Infant School, Portsmouth. For services to education | |
| Marie | Erwood | Assistant Headteacher, Stewards School, Harlow, Essex. For services to education | |
| Carol | Foster | ICT Teacher, Lakeside School, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire. For services to special needs education | |
| Diana | Freeman | For services to education in Hertfordshire | |
| Halina | Gammie | For services to study support and Playing for Success | |
| Andrew | Gibson | For services to young people in Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | |
| Angela | Grandfield | Lately PE Teacher and Pastoral Manager, Shire Oak School, Walsall. For services to education | |
| Christine | Gubbins | Foster Carer, Hampshire. For services to children and families | |
| Catherine | Hegarty | Nursery Nurse, Knotty Ash Primary School, Liverpool. For services to special needs education | |
| Judith | Ish-Horowicz | Headteacher, Synagogue Religion School, Wandsworth, London. For services to Early Years education | |
| Marcia | Hutchinson | Director, Primary Colours Ltd, Huddersfield. For services to cultural diversity | |
| Dawn | Jackson | For services to young people in Norwich | |
| Suzanne | Kitching | Manager, Families First Service, Middlesbrough. For services to children and families | |
| Christopher | Lee | For services to young people in Romford, Essex | |
| David | Lewis | Chairman of Governors, Whitefield School, Barnet, London. For services to education | |
| Patricia | Lewis | Youth Leader, Banstead Youth Centre, Surrey. For services to young people | |
| David | Lister | For voluntary service to young people | |
| Catherine | Marshall | Assistant Headteacher, Wyvern School, Ashford, Kent. For services to special needs education | |
| Janet | Martin | For services to the Examinations Officer Association | |
| David | Maurice | Chair of Governors, Kenmore Park First School & Kenmore Park Middle School, Harrow, London. For voluntary service to education | |
| Mary | McCarthy | For voluntary service to Charlie's Angels' Youth Fundraising Group, Eton Wick, Berkshire | |
| David | McGuigan | Manager, Longbenton Youth Project, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. For services to young people | |
| Edwin | Menday | Governor, Longford Community School, Hounslow, London. For voluntary service to education | |
| Eric | Milburn | For voluntary service to young people | |
| Stephen | Mitchell | Assistant Headteacher, Shelthorpe Community Primary School, Loughborough. For services to education | |
| Pamela | Noden | Foster carer, Bradford. For services to children and families | |
| Robert | Noden | Foster carer, Bradford. For services to children and families | |
| George | Ozenbrook | Accommodation Officer, Facilities Management, Department for Education | |
| Brian | Peacock | Lately Headteacher, Sunnyhurst Primary Pupil Referral Unit, Blackburn with Darwen. For services to education | |
| Benjamin | Perl | For services to Jewish education in London Borough of Barnet | |
| Margaret | Postgate | For voluntary service to Girlguiding in Sedgefield, County Durham | |
| Bridget | Redmond | Lately Caretaker, Mount St Mary's High School, Leeds. For voluntary service to education | |
| Beryl | Riches | For services to Selwyn Primary School, the London Borough of Newham | |
| Marjorie | Seal | For voluntary service to Girlguiding in Kent | |
| Roy | Sinar | For services to young people in the West Midlands | |
| Margaret Ann | Southren | Deputy Headteacher, Durham Trinity School, Durham. For services to special needs education | |
| Michael | Stevens | Chair of Governors, Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone, Kent. For voluntary service to education | |
| Delia | Sykes | Mathematics Teacher, King Edward VI School, Morpeth, Northumberland. For services to education | |
| David | Tait | For voluntary services to the NSPCC | |
| Glenda | Taylor | Lately Governor, De Aston School, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. For services to education | |
| John | Tillett | Chair of Governors, Colchester Royal Grammar School, Essex. For voluntary service to education | |
| Barbara | Westcott | For voluntary service to the Scouts in North East London | |
| Brenda | Whitmore | Deputy Head, Hillfields Children's Centre, Coventry. For services to children and families | |
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Published 14 June 2010