Sue John
British headteacher and educator (born 1953)
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Dame Susan Elizabeth John DBE (born 1953), is a British headteacher and educator, who chairs the Teacher Development Trust.[1]
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Awarded a damehood in 2011 for leading a low-performing and unpopular London school to being oversubscribed and graded as outstanding by OFSTED,[2] from 1997 until 2015 she served as headmistress of Lampton School which was included in the 2010 OFSTED publication Twelve Outstanding Secondary Schools: excelling against the odds.[3]
Career
Revolutionising the fortunes of a large multi-ethnic mixed school, as Headmistress of Lampton School in the London Borough of Hounslow between 1997 and 2015,[4] John was appointed DBE in the 2011 New Year Honours for "services to local and national education".[5]
Subsequently appointed a director of the Brilliant Club,[6] DfE, Future and Teaching Leaders[7] then chair of the South London Teaching School Hub[8] and Charles Dickens Research School,[9] Dame Sue is a member of the Sutton Trust Education Advisory Group,[10] the advisory group for the Fair Education Alliance[11] and the Royal Society’s curriculum group.[12] She has also served as a trustee for the Haberdashers' Academies Trust South[13] and chair of Trustees for the Teacher Development Trust.[14]
Honours and awards
Honours
Awards
- Hon. DUniv – Roehampton University (2017)[15]
- Hon. Fellow – Brunel University (2000)[16]