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Class of 2009: This year’s 30 finalists
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Clare Seibert, Woodside High School, London
from left) silver winner Elisabeth
headteacher, Belvoir High School, Elaine Wisden, Sunbury Manor School, Surrey
Collard, gold winner Julia Marks,
Leicestershire. Mark Blois, Browne
Halina Smith, Shenfield High School, Essex and bronze winner Kim Annison.
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Helen Pritchett, Belvoir High School, Leicestershire
The gala ceremony at London’s
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Jackie Heath, St Mary’s Catholic School, Hertfordshire
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Morton, Headteacher, Portora
Jane Beaumont, Penistone Grammar School, Yorkshire
gold-winning PA (left)
Royal School, Enniskillen. Helen
Jane Morton, John Masefield High School and Sixth Form Centre, Herefordshire
Nurton, Assistant headteacher, Jo Cavan, Kingham Hill School, Oxfordshire
Guildford County School, Surrey. Jo
Joyce Martin, Headington School, Oxfordshire
Smith, Deputy headteacher, Long
Julie Cumberland, Deben High School, Suffolk
Field School, Melton Mowbray.
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Lorette Pinel-Lees, Northampton School for Boys, Northamptonshire
Academy, Aberdeen. Ray Tarleton,
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Headteacher, South Dartmoor
Margaret Johnson, Hampstead School, London
Community College, Devon. Dr Pamela Evans, Belle Vue Boys’ School, Yorkshire
Bernard Trafford, Headteacher,
Pam Tuck, Lent Rise School, Buckinghamshire
The Royal Grammar School,
Pippa Hearn, Glyn Technology School, Surrey
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Sarah Noke, Eirias High School, Colwyn Bay
Viccars, Headteacher, Leon School
and Sports College, Milton Keynes.
Theresa Bellsham, Bromley High School GDST, Kent
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Tracey Sadler, The Bulwell Academy, Nottingham
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