Yasmin Bevan
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Dame Yasmin Bevan DBE (née Prodhan[1] born 3 December 1953) is an influential figure within the UK education system.
Bevan was the Executive Principal and Headteacher of Denbigh High School[2] in Luton, Bedfordshire, from 1991 until her retirement in 2014.[3] She contributed to policy development through the Expert Group on Assessment and the Practitioners Group on School Behaviour and Attendance. She has also chaired the Department for Education's Secondary Heads Reference Group from March 2010.[1]
In 2007 she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to education[4] and in 2013 she appeared in Who's Who.[1]
- Teaching Awards Special Commendation in 2003
- Teaching Awards Headteacher of the Year in 2005
- Awarded honorary doctorate in April 2008
- Became a National Leader of Education in 2009 (NLE)
- In 2009, Denbigh High School won the Times Educational Supplement's 'Secondary School of the Year' Award.[5]
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