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New Year Honours list 2016: education and children's services
The list of people working in education and children’s services who have received an honour.
The 2016 New Year Honours list, published on Thursday 31 December 2015, recognises 107 people for their service to education and children’s services. The list includes headteachers and classroom teachers, school governors, foster carers, children’s social workers, and people working in adoption and in early years settings.
Chris Wormald, Department for Education Permanent Secretary, said:
Congratulations to everyone who has been recognised in the New Year Honours List. They have made an outstanding contribution to education and children’s services. Their hard work and dedication is 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.
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Looking for the latest honours recipients? See the 2016 New Year Honours list
| Award | Title and name | Short citation |
|---|---|---|
| Knight | Sir Clive Cowdery | Philanthropist and founder, Resolution Foundation. For services to children and social mobility. |
| Damehood | Dame Susan Jowett | Chief Executive, The Spencer Academies Trust; Executive Principal, George Spencer Academy, Nottingham. For services to education. |
| Knight | Sir Steve Lancashire | Founder and CEO, REAch2; Executive Headteacher, Hillyfield Primary Academy, London Borough of Waltham Forest. For services to education. |
| Damehood | Dame Glenys Stacey | Chief Regulator and Chief Executive, Ofqual. For services to education. |
| CB | Ms Sue Baldwin | Director, Academies and Maintained Schools Group, Department for Education. For services to education. |
| CBE | Mrs Rhona Barnfield | Chief Executive Officer, The Howard Partnership Trust; Executive Head, Howard of Effingham School and Thomas Knyvett College, Surrey. For services to education. |
| CBE | Mr Roy Blatchford | Director, National Education Trust. For services to education. |
| CBE | Professor Barry Carpenter | International Professor of Learning Disabilities. For services to special educational needs. |
| CBE | Mr David Lane | Lately Vice-President, Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. For services to childcare and social work. |
| CBE | Professor Julia Selwyn | Professor and Director, Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies, Bristol University. For services to adoption and children’s social care. |
| CBE | Mr Hugh Thornbery | Chief Executive, Adoption UK. For services to children and families. |
| OBE | Ms Eugenie Adams | Headteacher, Baskerville Special and Residential School, Birmingham. For services to special educational needs and disabilities. |
| OBE | Mr John Ayres | Principal, Eden Multi-Academy Trust, Middlesex. For services to education |
| OBE | Mr David Bartram | Assistant headteacher, Lampton School, Hounslow, London. For services to special educational needs and disabilities. |
| OBE | Mrs Juliana Beattie | Founder, The Art Room. For services to education. |
| OBE | Mrs Judith Bennett | Lately Director, National Governors’ Association; Vice-Chair of Governors, Chalgrove Community Primary School, Oxfordshire. For services to education. |
| OBE | Ms Evelynne Berger | Primary Director, Harris Foundation; Lead advisor, London Challenge, Department for Education HM Inspector of Schools. For services to education. |
| OBE | Mr John Cameron | Head of Helplines, Child Protection Operations, NSPCC helpline. For services to child protection. |
| OBE | Dr Nicholas Capstick | Chief Executive Officer, White Horse Federation. For services to education. |
| OBE | Mrs Lynn Chesterman | Trustee and lately Chief Executive, The Grandparents’ Association. For services to children and families. |
| OBE | Mr Neil Clephan | Headteacher, Roundhay School, Leeds. For services to education. |
| OBE | Ms Elaine Colquhoun | Executive Principal, Whitefield Academy Trust, Walthamstow, London. For services to education. |
| OBE | Mr Robin Douglas | Chair of Trustees, The Who Cares? Trust, London. For services to children and young people. |
| OBE | Dr Helen Jones | Headteacher, Beacon Hill School and Business and Enterprise College, Tyne and Wear. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities. |
| OBE | Ms Bernadette Knill | Lately Headteacher, Priory Woods Special School, Middlesbrough. For services to children with special educational needs. |
| OBE | Mrs Maureen Martin | Headteacher, Coloma Convent Girls’ School, Croydon. For services to education. |
| OBE | Mrs Pauline Monaghan | Chief Executive, The Rise Trust, Chippenham. For services to children and families. |
| OBE | Dr Patricia Mucavele | Head of Nutrition, Children’s Food Trust. For services to children and families |
| OBE | Mrs Lynne Pepper | Headteacher, Herringthorpe Infants School, Rotherham, and Enterprise Champion. For services to education. |
| OBE | Mrs Sue Pettigrew | Director, St Michael’s Fellowship, London. For services to children and families. |
| OBE | Mrs Janet Rees | Co-founder, Foster Care Associates; Non-executive Director, Core Assets Group. For services to children and families. |
| OBE | Professor Ron Ritchie | Chair of Board, Cabot Learning Federation Academies Trust; lately Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of the West of England. For services to education. |
| OBE | Mrs Gillian Robinson | Executive headteacher, Castle Hill School, Huddersfield. Services to children with special educational needs and disabilities. |
| OBE | Mr Peter Rogers | Director of Operations and Quality, 4Children; services to scouting in London. For services to children and families and voluntary service to young people. |
| OBE | Councillor Katharine Tracey | Cabinet member, Education and Children’s Services, Wandsworth Borough Council. For services to children and families. |
| OBE | Mr Gary Wilder | Executive headteacher, Furze Warren Hard Federation, Chadwell Heath, Romford. For services to education. |
| OBE | Ms Venessa Willms | Director of Primary Education, ARK Schools. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mrs Kim Arrowsmith | Manager, The Matchbox day nursery, Tower Hamlets. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mrs Jackie Barnett | Foster carer, Hertfordshire county council. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mr David Bartlett | Founder, Pear Tree Projects. For services to children and young people in the north east. |
| MBE | Mr Robert Bass | Head of Classics, Orwell Park School, Suffolk, Ipswich. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mrs Jackie Bennett | Foster carer, Wolverhampton city council. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mr Clifford Bennett | Foster carer, Wolverhampton city council. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Ms Carol Bottomley | Higher Executive Officer, West Midlands regional team, Academies Group, Department for Education. For services to education and voluntary service to sport in Darlington. |
| MBE | Mrs Dolores Bray-Ash | Chair, Early Years Network Tower Hamlets; Vice-Chair of Governors, Charles Darwin School, Bromley. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mrs Susan Broughton | Lately Acting Chair of the Trustee Board, Deaf Education Through Listening and Talking charity. For services to children with special educational needs. |
| MBE | Mrs Rita Byrne | Lately School Improvement Officer, Liverpool. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mr Paul Chubb | Lately Executive Director, Careers England; Chair of Governors, The Dales School. For services to career education and guidance. |
| MBE | Mr Ian Clayton | Principal, Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form, Norwich. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mr David Cowell | Managing Director, Melton Learning Hub, Leicestershire. For services to vocational education. |
| MBE | Mrs Hilary Dobbie | Lately Principal, Moor House School and College, Oxted, Surrey. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities. |
| MBE | Mrs Ann Forbes | Science teacher, Hertfordshire and Essex High School. For services to education in the UK and Uganda. |
| MBE | Mrs Kathleen Gilbert | Foster carer, Peterborough city council. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mr Philip Gilbert | Foster carer, Peterborough city council. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mr Frederick Hanson | Foster carer, Herefordshire council. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mrs Violet Hanson | Foster carer, Herefordshire council. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mrs Trudi Harris | Lately Chair of Trustees, Cherry Trees Respite Care, East Clandon, Surrey. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities. |
| MBE | Mr Duncan Haworth | Chair of Governors, Woodfall Primary School, Little Neston, Cheshire. For services to education. |
| MBE | Ms Linda Houston | Higher Executive Officer, Academies Group, Infrastructure and Funding Directorate, Department for Education. For public and voluntary service to education. |
| MBE | Mr Chris Howard | Lately Chair of Governors, Saxon Wood School, Basingstoke. For services to special educational needs. |
| MBE | Mr Martin Howarth | Assistant Director, Children’s Services and Departmental Strategy Directorate, Department for Education. For services to children and education. |
| MBE | Mr Stephen Humble | Teaching fellow in PGCE maths, Newcastle University; freelance maths consultant. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mr Christopher Hutton | Chief Financial Officer, City of London Academies; facilitator, Academy Finance Director’s Forum. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mr Michael Josephson | North-west Divisional Vice President, NSPCC. For services to children. |
| MBE | Ms Janet Leach | Head of Disabled Children’s Services, London Borough of Enfield. For services to children with special educational needs. |
| MBE | Ms Carmel McConnell | Founder, Magic Breakfast charity. For services to school food. |
| MBE | Mrs Heather McKissack | Senior Mistress, King’s College School, Wimbledon. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mrs Carol Nice | Founder, Stepping Stones Play and Learn Group, Colchester. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities. |
| MBE | Ms Paulette Osborne | Headteacher, St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School, Birmingham. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mrs Janice Pallas | Chair, NSPCC Fundraising Committee, Newcastle upon Tyne. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mr David Peck | Chair of Governors, Ravenscliffe High School and Sports College, Halifax, West Yorkshire. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mrs Diane Price | Founder, InDiGo charity. For services to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families in Blackburn and Darwen, Lancashire. |
| MBE | Mrs Edith Ray | Group Scout Leader and classroom assistant, Alex Macleod School, Abbey Wood, London. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mrs Linda Robinson | Co-founder and Senior Co-ordinator, The Home-Start Scheme, Uttlesford. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mrs Lindsey Rousseau | Founder and facilitator, National Sensory Impairment Partnership. For services to special educational needs. |
| MBE | Mrs Kathleen Shayler | Foster carer, Wolverhampton council fostering service. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mr Roy Shayler | Foster carer, Wolverhampton council fostering service. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Ms Enza Smith | Founder, Kinship Carers UK. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mrs Margaret Southworth | Chair of Governors, The SABDEN Multi-Academy Trust, East Sussex. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mr Gordon Stubberfield | Chair of Governors, Southgate School, Enfield. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mrs Patrice Thomas | Foster carer, London borough of Brent. For services to children and families. |
| MBE | Mr Barrie Thomas | Lately Chair of the Board of Trustees, Torch Academy Gateway Trust. For services to education and to the community in Bingham, Nottinghamshire. |
| MBE | Mrs Catherine Tindall | Lately Head of Early Years, Newfield Special School, Blackburn. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities. |
| MBE | Mr Richard Tovey | Honorary Life Member of The Independent Association of Prep Schools, Leamington Spa. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mrs Yvonne Weatherhead | For services to education. |
| MBE | Mr Christopher Williams | Psychological support services for young people, Lancashire. For services to special educational needs. |
| MBE | Mrs Pauline Wilson | Headteacher, Ursuline Preparatory School, Essex. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mr Howard Wood | Lately teacher, Oathall Community College, West Sussex. For services to education. |
| MBE | Mrs Jill Woodhouse | Children’s services practitioner, NSPCC. For services to children. |
| BEM | Mr Adrian Botham | Chairman, Pantonic All Stars Steel Band; community volunteer. For services to education. |
| BEM | Mrs Janet Bucknell | Lately school support worker, Lonsdale School, Stevenage. For services to special educational needs and disabilities. |
| BEM | Mrs Ailsa Button | Founder, The Gemmery Mother and Toddler Group, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. For services to children and families. |
| BEM | Mr Paul Chidgey | Chair of Governors, The Barlow RC High School and Specialist Science College, Manchester. For services to education. |
| BEM | Mrs Gaynor Clegg | Senior Lunchtime Supervisor, Ravensthorpe CE (C) Junior School, Dewsbury. For services to education. |
| BEM | Mrs Helen Fowler | Volunteer reading assistant, St George’s Infant School and Woodside Junior School, Amersham. For services to children and reading. |
| BEM | Mr Michael Galloway-Allbut | Governor and lately Chair of Governors, Catherine Infant School, Leicester. For services to education |
| BEM | Mrs Maureen Gould | Chair of Governors, Oak View School, Loughton. For services to education. |
| BEM | Ms Gail Hall | Vice Chair, Warrington Parents and Carers. For services to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. |
| BEM | Mrs Kay Harvey | For voluntary and charitable services to children, young people and families in Badersfield, Norfolk. |
| BEM | Mrs Keelie Hill | Teaching assistant, Sherbourne Fields School; Coventry and Sherbourne Stars Coach. For services to children with special educational needs and disabilities. |
| BEM | Mrs Shirley Holt | School volunteer, Chorley New Road Primary School, Horwich, Bolton; community volunteer. For services to education. |
| BEM | Mr Clive Hubery | Chair of Governors, The Oaks Secondary School, Spennymoor, Co Durham. For services to education. |
| BEM | Mrs Marie-Teresa Lomas | Teaching assistant, William Hulme’s Grammar School, Manchester. For services to education and to the community in Manchester. |
| BEM | Mr Keith Ottywill | School volunteer, Centre Academy East Anglia, Ipswich. For services to education. |
| BEM | Mr Peter Twyman | Music teacher, Lipson Co-operative Academy, Plymouth, Devon. For services to young people and music. |
| BEM | Mrs Barbara Wilkins | Owner, Jack and Jill Pre-school, Essex. For services to education. |
| BEM | Mrs Alison Wrigley | Director, Just So Singers Choir, Surrey. For services to education. |
Published 30 December 2015