The winners of the 2010 UK Teaching Awards were announced at a ceremony in London on 31 October hosted by actor and comedian Lenny Henry and broadcast live on BBC TV. Other famous faces on stage at the event included actress and Teaching Awards President Emma Thompson, Education Secretary Michael Gove, and singer Michael Ball.
In addition to categories for eight individual winners, the “Oscars for teachers” also featured four group awards, including the Henry Winkler Award for a special needs intervention group, which was won by Ambergate Sports College in Grantham.
The Lincolnshire special school caters for pupils from four to sixteen years of age with learning and behavioural difficulties and conditions including autism. Along with the Award, Ambergate has netted itself a £15,000 bursary which it plans to use to consolidate its intervention plan targeting two groups of students, those who are struggling and those with strong potential who can achieve more.
Other Award winners were:
- Kelly Steeples, Southdale CE Junior School in Ossett
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) Award for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year - Llew Davies, Ysgol Cae Top in Bangor
Royal Air Force Award for Teacher of the Year - Anthony Hull, Costessey Junior School, Norwich
National College Award for Headteacher of the Year - Crocketts Community School in Smethwick, Sandwell
UK winner of the Department for Education Award for Sustainable Schools - Film club members from Liphook C of E Junior School in Hampshire
UK winners of Film My School – a new competition - The LILAC team at Fleming Fulton, Belfast
Award for Outstanding School Team - Joanne Martin, Highfurlong School, Blackpool
Department for Education Award for Enterprise - Becky Newman, Tendring Technology College, Clacton-on-Sea
TDA Award for Teaching Assistant of the Year - David Stinson, Sullivan Upper School, near Belfast
The Becta Award for Next Generation Learning - Peter Jones, Cefn Saeson comprehensive school in Neath
Ted Wragg Award for Lifetime Achievement - Philip Capper, Ysgol Bryn Elian in Colwyn Bay
The Department for Education Award for Governor of the Year.
