Author: Nicky Phillips

When Ray Coe discovered that one of his students needed a new kidney, he didn’t hesitate in offering one of his own. Now the special educational needs co-ordinator (Senco) at the Royal Docks Community School in east London can add an MBE to his Pride of Britain Award. Alya Ahmed was 13 when she received […]

Lynn Greenwold, chief executive of the Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties (Patoss), was awarded the OBE for services to pupils with special educational needs. Greenwold (pictured), who has left Patoss since 2004, is also chair of the Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) Assessment Standards Committee. She is also the acting chair […]

Four people were recognised with knighthoods or damehoods for their services to schools in this year’s honours list. Brookfield School headteacher Dame Oremi Evans and Churchend Primary School principal Dame Kate Dethridge received damehoods, while knighthoods go to Gorse Academies Trust executive principal Sir John Townsley and Inspiration Trust chair Sir Theodore Agnew. Dame Oremi […]

Amanda Phillips, the executive principal of the Paradigm Trust and one of the original “magnificent seven” heads singled out for praise by Michael Gove, has received the CBE for services to education. The former headteacher of Old Ford Primary School in Bow, east London, now part of the trust with Culloden Primary and Solebay Primary, […]

The world of education is well-represented in the latest New Year Honours List, with awards going to teachers, civil servants, trade unionists and other leaders from all walks of life. The education committee awarded two knighthoods and two damehoods, three of which went to school leaders and another to a high-profile educationalist. The list included […]

Tim Meynell, a governor for more than two decades, has been awarded the BEM in recognition of inclusive and inexpensive music tuition driven by volunteers. Mr Meynell (pictured) has spent the past 15 years teaching recorder and flute to pupils at Alconbury Church of England Primary School in Cambridgeshire. He and one of the class […]

The expected release of application forms submitted by free schools in order to gain approval for opening has been delayed – and will now only be published “in due course”, the Department for Education (DfE) has said. The department had previously said the original applications submitted by open free schools would be published before Christmas. […]