Academy head is Suffolk's educational leader of the year
Friday, 28th March 2014.
Suffolk’s most inspirational education champions have won awards for their excellent work - and they include the head of Samuel Ward Academy in Haverhill.
The winners, all nominated for the first Raising The Bar Awards, were named last night as they were presented with their top honours.
The winners are:
Innovation in Education and Skills, sponsored by UCS: The Who Asks Us Project. The people behind this project were chosen for their work with high school students; connecting them with the business world to gain experience and understanding.
Excellence in Achievement, sponsored by EDF Energy: Farlingaye High School. Farlingaye was chosen because of its significant improvement in GCSE grades compared to previous years and above national average improvement in other areas of the curriculum.
Teaching Excellence, sponsored by DanceEast: Siobhan Eastwood of St Johns Primary School. The judges chose Siobhan because of her exceptional work with her year six class; creating fun and inspiring lessons, delivering additional out of school lessons and developing bespoke programmes to ensure that students can maximise their development.
Educational Leader of the Year, sponsored by the East Anglian Daily Times: Howard Lay of Samuel Ward Academy. Howard was chosen because of his visionary and long-standing leadership of high achieving schools and who continues to be recognised by Ofsted as outstanding.
Visionary Management, sponsored by Micropress: Cathy Laird of Farlingaye High School. Having supported more than 70 young carers at the school in accessing the support and guidance they need in order to succeed, the judges felt Cathy was a worthy winner.
Governor, Trustee or Non-Executive of the Year, sponsored by Anglian Water: Kit Wells of Federation of Gislingham and Palgrave Schools. The judges felt Kit deserved to win because of his dedication as a school governor, commitment to embracing and embedding Raising the Bar across the federation and for the work he does with the wider education community.
Partnership in Education, sponsored by the East of England Co-op: Suffolk Agricultural Association. Suffolk Agricultural Association has demonstrated a long term commitment to bringing together students and business from the farm and food world and has run a number of initiatives, including the popular Schools and Farms County Show, now in its 14th year for students across the county.
Support Staff of the Year, sponsored by EATS: Lianne Selwood of Occold Primary School. Lianne won because of her amazing support to the class teacher, ensuring that everything is in place and ready for the day and for running breakfast clubs, being a mid-day supervisors and much more.
Young Person of the Year, sponsored by iSEED:
Up to Year 6: Tyler Williams of Houldsworth Primary School. Despite having to overcome some struggles in her life, Tyler is an excellent role model for her peers. Previously having been a school councillor, Tyler always participates in clubs and extra-curricular activities and is already achieving above age-related expectations across the curriculum.
Years 7–11: Isabel Tilbury-Larter of Stradbroke High School. Isabel has overcome significant challenges in her learning to achieve a good set of SATS results. Despite having dyslexia, Isabel has worked incredibly hard to make three levels of progress and has achieved a level 4 in English, with this has come greatly improved confidence levels.
16 and over: Joanne Davey of Suffolk New College. Joanne has faced her fair share of challenges but has worked hard and has succeed in passing her A levels – gaining an A* in history. This has enabled Joanne to go on and study history at the UEA.
Business Partner of the Year, sponsored by Spring: AKD Engineering. AKD Engineering was chosen for its close work with Lowestoft College over the past 17 years; improving the skills and knowledge of employees and continually take on new apprentices.
Volunteer of the Year, sponsored by Mark Harrod: Sonia Chopra of Gislingham Primary School. Having overcome a life-threatening illness which left her disabled, Sonia now gives up her time to work with primary school children. Sonia helps pupils daily in their development while providing the opportunity for them to understand the difficulties that other disabled people may face.
Significant Contribution to Education in Suffolk, sponsored by Norse: Roger Fern of Halifax Primary School. Over the years, Roger has held a number of different roles in education across Suffolk. Roger has served on the governing body of many schools and is currently working on behalf of four different educational organisations. Roger is always striving to get the best for students, strongly believing that every child deserves the best education and support possible.
Judges received over 800 nominations in the first ever Raising the Bar Awards. Entries poured in from people wanting to recognise the efforts of Suffolk’s best education professionals, support staff, governors, non-executives and hardworking young people.
The awards celebrate success and endeavour as a way of sharing the best practice that is contributing to the Raising the Bar programme.
Cllr Lisa Chambers, Suffolk County Council’s cabinet member for education, skills and young people, said: “I’d like to congratulate the winners on their awards and, more importantly, their fantastic work to improve young people’s educational attainment and aspiration in Suffolk.
“They deserve every bit of credit for their work and I hope that by celebrating their success, we will raise awareness of the impact of these achievements and see best practice adopted more widely.
“The volume and quality of nominations we received was truly inspirational and certainly made the judging process a challenging one.
“All of this year’s finalists demonstrated the wealth of excellent work and best practice that is taking place in Suffolk right now. These individuals and groups have all made a significant contribution to delivering high quality education in our county, are raising standards and aspiration and should receive recognition for it.”
The winners, all nominated for the first Raising The Bar Awards, were named last night as they were presented with their top honours.
The winners are:
Innovation in Education and Skills, sponsored by UCS: The Who Asks Us Project. The people behind this project were chosen for their work with high school students; connecting them with the business world to gain experience and understanding.
Excellence in Achievement, sponsored by EDF Energy: Farlingaye High School. Farlingaye was chosen because of its significant improvement in GCSE grades compared to previous years and above national average improvement in other areas of the curriculum.
Teaching Excellence, sponsored by DanceEast: Siobhan Eastwood of St Johns Primary School. The judges chose Siobhan because of her exceptional work with her year six class; creating fun and inspiring lessons, delivering additional out of school lessons and developing bespoke programmes to ensure that students can maximise their development.
Educational Leader of the Year, sponsored by the East Anglian Daily Times: Howard Lay of Samuel Ward Academy. Howard was chosen because of his visionary and long-standing leadership of high achieving schools and who continues to be recognised by Ofsted as outstanding.
Visionary Management, sponsored by Micropress: Cathy Laird of Farlingaye High School. Having supported more than 70 young carers at the school in accessing the support and guidance they need in order to succeed, the judges felt Cathy was a worthy winner.
Governor, Trustee or Non-Executive of the Year, sponsored by Anglian Water: Kit Wells of Federation of Gislingham and Palgrave Schools. The judges felt Kit deserved to win because of his dedication as a school governor, commitment to embracing and embedding Raising the Bar across the federation and for the work he does with the wider education community.
Partnership in Education, sponsored by the East of England Co-op: Suffolk Agricultural Association. Suffolk Agricultural Association has demonstrated a long term commitment to bringing together students and business from the farm and food world and has run a number of initiatives, including the popular Schools and Farms County Show, now in its 14th year for students across the county.
Support Staff of the Year, sponsored by EATS: Lianne Selwood of Occold Primary School. Lianne won because of her amazing support to the class teacher, ensuring that everything is in place and ready for the day and for running breakfast clubs, being a mid-day supervisors and much more.
Young Person of the Year, sponsored by iSEED:
Up to Year 6: Tyler Williams of Houldsworth Primary School. Despite having to overcome some struggles in her life, Tyler is an excellent role model for her peers. Previously having been a school councillor, Tyler always participates in clubs and extra-curricular activities and is already achieving above age-related expectations across the curriculum.
Years 7–11: Isabel Tilbury-Larter of Stradbroke High School. Isabel has overcome significant challenges in her learning to achieve a good set of SATS results. Despite having dyslexia, Isabel has worked incredibly hard to make three levels of progress and has achieved a level 4 in English, with this has come greatly improved confidence levels.
16 and over: Joanne Davey of Suffolk New College. Joanne has faced her fair share of challenges but has worked hard and has succeed in passing her A levels – gaining an A* in history. This has enabled Joanne to go on and study history at the UEA.
Business Partner of the Year, sponsored by Spring: AKD Engineering. AKD Engineering was chosen for its close work with Lowestoft College over the past 17 years; improving the skills and knowledge of employees and continually take on new apprentices.
Volunteer of the Year, sponsored by Mark Harrod: Sonia Chopra of Gislingham Primary School. Having overcome a life-threatening illness which left her disabled, Sonia now gives up her time to work with primary school children. Sonia helps pupils daily in their development while providing the opportunity for them to understand the difficulties that other disabled people may face.
Significant Contribution to Education in Suffolk, sponsored by Norse: Roger Fern of Halifax Primary School. Over the years, Roger has held a number of different roles in education across Suffolk. Roger has served on the governing body of many schools and is currently working on behalf of four different educational organisations. Roger is always striving to get the best for students, strongly believing that every child deserves the best education and support possible.
Judges received over 800 nominations in the first ever Raising the Bar Awards. Entries poured in from people wanting to recognise the efforts of Suffolk’s best education professionals, support staff, governors, non-executives and hardworking young people.
The awards celebrate success and endeavour as a way of sharing the best practice that is contributing to the Raising the Bar programme.
Cllr Lisa Chambers, Suffolk County Council’s cabinet member for education, skills and young people, said: “I’d like to congratulate the winners on their awards and, more importantly, their fantastic work to improve young people’s educational attainment and aspiration in Suffolk.
“They deserve every bit of credit for their work and I hope that by celebrating their success, we will raise awareness of the impact of these achievements and see best practice adopted more widely.
“The volume and quality of nominations we received was truly inspirational and certainly made the judging process a challenging one.
“All of this year’s finalists demonstrated the wealth of excellent work and best practice that is taking place in Suffolk right now. These individuals and groups have all made a significant contribution to delivering high quality education in our county, are raising standards and aspiration and should receive recognition for it.”
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