News
Teaching Awards
unveils the final
regional winners
by Chris Parr
Accepting his award, Mr remember being told that I couldn’t up a Dragon’s Den-style event for all
Vickerman also spoke about being ever be a teacher because of it. So, the feeder primary schools.
dyslexic, and said he hoped his vic- this award is for anyone who is The Freeston Business and
Edward Vickerman was never tory would inspire others with the dyslexic like me, but who wants Enterprise College was not the only
expected to become a teacher, which condition to consider a career at the to teach.” Huddersfield school celebrating after
makes it all the more amazing that chalkface. Edward teaches business the North of England ceremony.
on Friday (June 19), he walked While working in the hotel and enterprise at The Freeston Jane Acklam and Jacqueline
away with the Teaching Award for industry, he discovered ways of Business and Enterprise College in Good, from the town’s Moor End
Outstanding New Teacher of the combating the difficulties caused Huddersfield, and is already head of Technology College, were named
Year in the North of England. by dyslexia, and applied to do a business at the school, despite only Secondary Head of the Year and Top of their game: The latest Teaching Award winners
Edward’s mother, father, and his degree. He is now determined that joining last year. Teaching Assistant of the Year include teachers Edward Vickerman (above) Ellie Brookes
two brothers, all work for the fami- all pupils, regardless of ability, In addition to his teaching respon- respectively, while Peter Brown, (below right), and teaching assistant Philomena Noone
ly’s furniture company, but he had should have the same opportunities sibilities, he has organised a vocation- from Salendine Nook High School, (below left). Pictured together are teaching assistant
such a burning desire to get into and ambitions. al business trip to New York for more picked up the Teacher of the Year in Jacqueline Good, teacher Peter Brown, and head Jane
teaching that he opted to go it alone. He said: “I am dyslexic, and than 45 year 11 students, and also set a Secondary School prize. Acklam (left to right) who also won awards this week
Elsewhere last week, the winners
of the Teaching Awards for the North She explained: “The day before acceptance speech was one of the
Secondary Teaching Award Winners (region in brackets)
West of England were unveiled. the awards ceremony, the headteach- worst performances I think I’ve
The Royal Air Force Award for Headteacher of the Year in a Among the winners were er told me I was to become the new ever given. It was all a bit of a blur,
Secondary School Ellie Brookes, drama teacher at head of expressive arts, which I to be honest.”
David Terry, Oasis Academy: Media City UK, Salford (North West) St Paul’s Catholic High School thought was the best news I was All of the North and North West
Jane Acklam, Moor End Technology College, Huddersfield (North) in Manchester, who was named going to get that week. I never winners are listed, left, along with
Catherine Myers, Bishop Challenor Catholic Collegiate School, North West Teacher of the Year in imagined I would win the Teaching the London winners, which were
Tower Hamlets (London) a Secondary School. It was the sec- Award too! unveiled on Tuesday (June 22).
ond piece of good news Ellie had “I can’t help but feel I let my For more information, visit
The Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School received in as many days. subject down though, because my
www.teachingawards.com
Ellie Brookes, St Paul’s Catholic High School, Manchester (North
West)
Peter Brown, Salendine Nook High School, Huddersfield (North)
Victoria Panayi, Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls School,
Southwark (London)
The TDA Award for Teaching Assistant of the Year
Philomena Noone, Wade Deacon County High School, Widnes
(North West)
Jacqueline Good, Moor End Technology College, Huddersfield
(North)
The Becta Award for Next Generation Learning
Sandra Taylor Ashton under Lyne 6th Form College, Ashton under
Lyne (North West)
The SSAT Award for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year
Edward Vickerman, The Freeston Business and Enterprise College,
Normanton (North)
Carly Moran, St Saviour’s and St Olave’s School, Southwark
(London)
The Award for Special Needs Teacher of the Year
Julie Woodhead, ETHOS Pupil Referral Unit, Huddersfield (North)
The DCSF Award for Sustainable Schools
Hampton Hill Junior School, Richmond upon Thames (London)
The Ted Wragg Award for Lifetime Achievement
Maggie Richards, Thomas Tallis School, Greenwich (London)
PfS takes over building
Welsh Baccalaureate to
projects worth £15 billion
include greater choice
The agency responsible for • Targeted Capital Programmes, “Local authorities, schools
delivering Building Schools for the which funds projects tied to and all our partners want one The Welsh Baccalaureate is to be and project qualifications have learning qualifications including
Future (BSF) will now take over specific policies – such as point of contact for all their extended to include new courses been developed in partnership with environmental and land-based
the management of all government zero-carbon schools and school school building work – and aimed at developing students employers and universities. studies, and society, health and
school building and refurbishment kitchens. today’s announcement will for specific jobs in construction, They will offer Welsh development available from
programmes in England, the schools The total value of the pro- make all our programmes more engineering and IT. Baccalaureate students a study September 2010.
minister has announced. grammes transferring to PfS, most effective, efficient, streamlined The qualification, which is option which places emphasis on Earlier this month, the
In addition to the multi-billion of which have funding up to 2011, and accountable.” valued at the equivalent of an developing and applying knowl- Nuffield Foundation recom-
pound BSF programme, which aims is around £15.5 billion. The announcement is part A grade at A level, has been edge and skills through practical mended the education system
to rebuild or refurbish every English Schools minister Vernon Coaker of a wider aim to transfer the rolled out across Welsh schools activities related to different work in England follow a Welsh
secondary school, Partnerships for made the announcement during a management of major projects and colleges during the last few sectors. Baccalaureate model as it would
Schools (PfS) will now oversee visit to Beaumont Lays School in from Whitehall to government years. Principal learning qualifications help focus more on the “whole
the day-to-day delivery of other Leicester. agencies. From September, pupils give students an insight into differ- person” rather than academic
projects, including: He said: “It is plain common Tim Byles, chief executive of will be offered new courses in ent occupations, while the “project” success or “skills for economic
• The Primary Capital Programme, sense for all our capital PfS, said the changes represented areas such as construction and enables learners to research indi- prosperity”.
a £1.6 billion scheme to fund programmes to now come under a move towards greater joined- the built environment, engi- vidual areas related to their chosen The Welsh Baccalaureate, it
primary school redevelopment. a single umbrella, including the up working in the delivery of neering, creative and media, line of learning. said, “demonstrates a more holis-
• Devolved Formula Capital, which Primary Capital Programme investment. and IT. A second phase of implementa- tic and flexible framework for
provides funding for school which has now started in earnest For details, visit www.partner The new principal learning tion will see six further principal learning” for 14 to 19-year-olds.
capital projects. this year.
shipsforschools.org.uk
SecEd • June 25 2009
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