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Yasmin Bevan receiving her award
September always spells change in the nation's staffrooms and for some of our winners the new school year means a career move.
Dame Yasmin Bevan, winner in 2005 of the RAF Award for Headteacher of the Year in the East of England, begins a one-year secondment among policy makers at the heart of London's Whitehall.
She is the new Secondary Schools Adviser to Education Secretary Ed Balls, after a 16-year career at Denbigh High School in Luton. The school has undergone a steady transformation and is now among the top 10 state comprehensives for 'value added'.
Among our 2007 teacher winners at least two are becoming school leaders: Andy Bell, winner of the BT Award for Primary Teacher of the Year in the East Midlands, becomes deputy head at The Meadows Primary School in Lincoln, while Dylan Wyn Evans, winner of the same award in Wales, starts his first headship at Ysgol Iolo Morganwg in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Good luck to all - please let us know if you are moving schools. Email: poppyo@teachingawards.com
