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Queen’s Birthday Honours 2015: education and children's services
Queen’s Birthday Honours list recognises 108 people for contributions to education and children's services.
The 2015 Birthday Honours list, published on Friday 12 June 2015, recognises 108 people for their service to education and children’s services. This includes teachers, school governors, foster carers and many others.
Chris Wormald, Department for Education Permanent Secretary, said:
Congratulations to those who have been recognised as part of the Birthday Honours list for their contribution to education and children’s services this year. Their achievements and dedication are 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.
Knight (Kt)
| Award | Name | Short citation |
|---|---|---|
| Kt | Sir Kevan Collins | Chief Executive, Education Endowment Foundation. For services to education |
| Kt | Sir Tom Jeffery | Lately Director General, Children’s Services and Departmental Strategy Directorate. For services to the Department for Education |
| Kt | Sir Nick Weller | Executive Principal, Dixons Academies, Bradford. For services to education |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
| Award | Name | Short citation |
|---|---|---|
| CBE | Mr Norman Goodwin | Chief Executive, Adoption Matters Northwest. For services to social work and adoption |
| CBE | Ms Diana Owen | Chief Executive and Trustee, LEAD Academy Trust. For services to education |
| CBE | Mufti Hamid Patel | Chief Executive, Tauheedul Education. For services to education |
| CBE | councillor David Simmonds | Deputy Leader, London borough of Hillingdon and Executive Member, Local Government Association. For services to children, families and to local government |
| CBE | Ms Frankie Sulke | Executive Director, children and young people, Lewisham, London. For services to education |
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
| Award | Name | Short citation |
|---|---|---|
| OBE | Ms Sarah Bailey | Executive Headteacher, Queensbridge Primary School, De Beauvoir School and Mapledene Children’s Centre, Hackney. For services to education |
| OBE | Mrs Donna Barratt | Headteacher, Glebe Primary School, Harrow. For services to education |
| OBE | Ms Elizabeth Bull | Lately Headteacher, Slated Row School, Milton Keynes. For services to education |
| OBE | Mr Nicky Campbell | Patron, British Association for Adoption. For services to adoption |
| OBE | Ms Patrice Canavan | Headteacher, Oaklands School, Tower Hamlets, London. For services to education |
| OBE | Ms Lauren Costello | Executive Headteacher, The Federation of Moredon Primary and Nursery School and Rodbourne Cheney Primary School, Swindon. For services to education |
| OBE | Ms Lesley Davies | Council member and education trustee, NACRO. For services to education |
| OBE | Mrs Edwina Grant | Chair, Local Safeguarding Children’s Board, Solihull council. For services to safeguarding children and young people |
| OBE | Ms Sharon Gray | Headteacher, Netherfield Primary School, Nottingham. For services to education |
| OBE | Mr Andrew Griffiths | Lately Headteacher, Ellowes Hall Sports College, Dudley, West Midlands. For services to education |
| OBE | Mr Jack Hatch | Headteacher, St Bede Church of England Primary Academy, Bolton. For services to education |
| OBE | Mr James Hempsall | National Support Director, Achieving Two Year Olds (A2YO). For services to childcare |
| OBE | Mr John Henderson | Executive Headteacher, White Woods Multi Academy Trust, Rotherham. For services to education |
| OBE | Mr Kevin Hollins | Lately Principal, Knutsford Academy, Cheshire. For services to education |
| OBE | Ms Georgetta Holloway | Director, The Central Learning Partnership Trust and Headteacher, Heath Park Academy, Wolverhampton. For services to education |
| OBE | Ms Sally Jaeckle | Early Years Services Manager, Bristol city council and Senior Advisor, South West National Strategies. For services to early years education |
| OBE | Mr Thomas Mannion | Headteacher, St Aloysius College, Islington. For services to education |
| OBE | Mr Peter McPartland | Headteacher, Trinity Special School, London borough of Barking and Dagenham. For services to special educational needs |
| OBE | Dr Dayo Olukoshi | Principal, Brampton Manor Academy, East Ham, London. For services to education |
| OBE | Ms Margaret Randles | Co-founder and Director, Busy Bees Group. For services to children and families |
| OBE | Mrs Sue Robb | National Head of Early Years, 4Children. For services to children and families |
| OBE | Mrs Elizabeth Seers | Headteacher, Heaton School, Stockport. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities |
| OBE | Mr David Sellens | Headteacher, Thomas Jones Primary School, Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea. For services to education |
| OBE | Mrs Margaret Walpole | Lately Headteacher, Paddock School, Wandsworth. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities |
| OBE | Mr John Woodward | Chief Executive Officer, Busy Bees Group. For services to early years education |
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
| Award | Name | Short citation |
|---|---|---|
| MBE | Mr Raymond Barker | Chairman of Governors, Honilands Primary School, Enfield and Director, British Education Supplies Association. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs Sharon Bell | Broadwater Children’s Centre Manager, Stevenage. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs Alice Bennett | Principal, Madresfield Early Years Centre, Worcestershire. For services to early years education |
| MBE | Ms Jenny Boyd | Headteacher, Rosewood Special Free School, Southampton. For services to special education |
| MBE | Mrs Rosemary Campbell-Stephens | Educator, Consultant, Equality and Diversity Leader and Leadership Trainer. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs Suzanne Chambers | Partnership Headteacher Tutor, University of Cumbria, Lancashire. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs Cecily Coburn | Foster Carer, Lincolnshire. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr Charles Coburn | Foster Carer, Lincolnshire. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Ms Clare Collins | Lately Chair of Governors, Weyfield Primary Academy, Surrey. For services to education and school governance |
| MBE | Mrs Janet Collins | Chair, Millmead Children’s Centre Partnership Ltd, Kent. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs Christine Cook | Lately School Inclusion Manager, Hayes Primary School. For services to special educational needs and disabilities |
| MBE | Ms Emma Cravitz | Educational Psychologist. For services to children and families particularly in London |
| MBE | Mrs Linda Crawley | Chair of Governors and Proposer, Alban City School. For services to education |
| MBE | Ms Cathy Davis | Foster Carer, Tyneside. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Miss Jenny Deeks | Director, Coin Street Family and Children’s Centre, Lambeth and Southwark. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr Kenneth Deeks | Founder, Byte Night and Fundraiser, Action for Children. For services to Children |
| MBE | Mr Henry Dimbleby | Restaurateur. For services to school food |
| MBE | Ms Julie Elliot | Adopter, Lancashire. For services to adoption |
| MBE | Mr Roger Elliot | Adopter, Lancashire. For services to adoption |
| MBE | Dr Helen Foley | Co-founder, Guildford Adventure Play Centre. For services to disabled children and their families |
| MBE | Mr Robert Goddard | Foster Carer, Brighton and Hove. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs Ann Greenop | Foster Carer, Liverpool. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr Michael Greenop | Foster Carer, Liverpool city council. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs Christine Gregoire | Foster Carer, Lancashire. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr Harold Gregoire | Foster Carer, Lancashire. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs Julia Grove | Chair, Free Church Education Committee. For services to education |
| MBE | Mr Robert Hadfield | Chair of Governors, Crampton Primary School, Walworth, London. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs Bernardette Holmes | Teacher and Modern Languages Education Advocate. For services to education |
| MBE | Miss Louise Hough | Assistant Head of Service, Resonate, Liverpool’s Music Hub. For Services to music education |
| MBE | Mrs Joan Jackson-Callen | Social worker, Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs Lynn Jones | Assistant Principal, Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy, Staffordshire. For services to education |
| MBE | Mr Peter Kessler | Founder and Chair of Governors, Eden Primary School, Muswell Hill, London. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs Claire Layland | Lately Special Educational Needs Teacher, Plymouth. For services to education |
| MBE | Ms Donna Lewis | Head of Consolidation and Financial Reporting, Education Funding Agency. For services to education |
| MBE | Ms Jean Lewis | Chair of Governors, Ashmount Special School, Loughborough. For services to education |
| MBE | Mr Robert Love | Local Authority Governor, Morden Mount and other Primary Schools, Greenwich, London. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs Ann McDonald | Voluntary Trusts Secretary, The Mary Budding Trust. For services to children and young people with special educational needs |
| MBE | Mrs Lynda Myles-Till | Ambassador, Action for Children Ambassador. For services to children and young people |
| MBE | Miss Michelle Newman | Threshold Team Manager, Plymouth. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Ms Jennifer Ngulube | Foster Carer for Swiis Foster Care, Leeds. For services to children |
| MBE | Mrs Heather Ogburn | Founder, HMS Heroes. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs Jillian Parker | Founder, Eastbourne Area Parents Action Group and JPK Sussex Project, Eastbourne. For services to children and adults with a learning disability and their families |
| MBE | Mrs Aileen Parry | Chair of Governors, Oaklands School, Cheshire. For services to special educational needs and disabilities |
| MBE | Mrs Alison Pendle | Founder and Committee Member, West Wiltshire Portage Service. For services to special educational needs and disabilities |
| MBE | Mr David Pickthall | Music Teacher, Brentwood School, Essex. For services to education and to charity |
| MBE | Mr Garry Reed | Headteacher, Swimbridge Church of England Primary School, North Devon. For services to education |
| MBE | Mrs Frances Rodger | Volunteer, Early Years Sector and Founder, Rodett playgroups. For services to children and early education |
| MBE | Mrs Karen Ross | Chief Executive, Relate Berkshire. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr Michael Routledge | Foster Carer, Wirral. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs Margaret Sampson | Chair, The Children’s Society Fundraising Committee, Somerset. For services to Children |
| MBE | Ms Jennifer Semahimbo | Programme Manager, Streetwise Project, Coventry. For services to children |
| MBE | Ms Yasvanti Shah | Head of Adoption and Improvement, Kent county council. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr Thomas Toumazis | Chairman, ChildLine Board, London. For services to children |
| MBE | Mr John Vincent | Restaurateur. For services to school food |
| MBE | Mrs Margaret Watson | Foster Carer, Northumberland. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs Christine Whatton | Foster Carer, Wolverhampton. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mr John Whatton | Foster Carer, Wolverhampton. For services to children and families |
| MBE | Mrs Sheila Williams | Volunteer, Petts Wood Playgroup, Kent. For services to children with special educational needs and their families |
British Empire Medal (BEM)
| Award | Name | Short citation |
|---|---|---|
| BEM | Mrs Helen Ayling | Vice-chair of Governors, Uplands School, Sandhurst. For services to education |
| BEM | Mrs Anne Callaghan | Parenting Practitioner, Nottinghamshire. For services to children and families |
| BEM | Ms Bridget Cluley | Trustee, Hope and Homes for Children and Fundraiser, Divisional Vice President and Trustee, NSPCC. For services to children and families |
| BEM | Miss Ann Corbett | Childminder, Bradford. For services to children |
| BEM | Mrs Sandra Evans | Childminder and Community Leader, Hertfordshire. For services to children and families |
| BEM | Mrs Caroline Fowke | Volunteer, Wilshire Dyslexia Association and Governor, Sheldon School, Wiltshire. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities |
| BEM | Mrs Judy Graham | Volunteer Fundraising Supporter, Chelsea Branch Chairman, NSPCC. For services to children |
| BEM | Ms Anne Heath | Trustee, Home-Start Westminster. For services to children and families |
| BEM | Mrs Ruth Jubert | Chair, Home Start Guildford. For services to children and families |
| BEM | Mrs Claire Judge | Lately Volunteer, Development Committee, Ashurst Wood Community Pre-School. For services to early years education |
| BEM | Mr Peter Kelly | Founder and Volunteer, the Arrows Basketball Club, Sheffield. For services to physical education |
| BEM | Mrs Deborah Lammin | Choir Mistress, Burntwood School Chamber Choir, London. For services to education |
| BEM | Mrs Anne Lloyd | Drama Teacher, Fenham, Newcastle Upon Tyne. For services to education and to the community in Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| BEM | Mrs Glenda Mee | Teaching Assistant, Impington Village College, Cambridgeshire. For services to young people with special educational needs and disabilities |
| BEM | Mrs Julie Nixon | Foster Carer, Credocare, Kent. For services to children and families |
| BEM | Ms Maurizia Quarta | Volunteer, Co-founder and Chair of Wiltshire, Parent Carer council. For services to children and families |
| BEM | Mrs Mary Snell | Voluntary School Swimming Assistant, Liskeard, Cornwall. For services to physical education |