New Year Honours 2017
Alison Beane OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Executive Headteacher • Mary Rose Academy
“For services to Education.”
Recognised for
Topics
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2016
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order
Mrs. Alison Linda BEANE
Executive Headteacher, Mary Rose Academy, Cliffdale Primary Academy and Redwood Park Academy, Portsmouth and Director, Solent Academies Trust
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61803 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Isle of Wight
In context
Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2017- Role at the time
- Executive Headteacher, Mary Rose Academy
- Region
- Isle of Wight
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 262 times in the New Year Honours List 2017 — about 18% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Executive Headteacher, Mary Rose Academy.
How widely is this recognised?
5,862 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2017
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Alastair Whitehead
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London
“For public service and voluntary services to Policing.”
Alexander Fox
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Social Care.”
Alexander Wyle
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Alice Walpole
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“For services to British Diplomacy.”
Alison Baum
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London
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Alison Kervin
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Surrey
“For services to Sports Journalism.”
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Glasgow
“For services to Girlguiding and charity.”
Alistair Adams
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Amanda Foister
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Oxfordshire
“For services to Young People.”
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Surrey
“For services to Flood and Coastal Risk Management and Environment Protection.”
Aminatta Forna
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“For services to Literature.”
Andrew Booth
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Andrew Garner
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Andrew Gudgeon
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Andrew Heywood
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Andrew Triggs-Hodge
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Andrew Young
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Angela Cox
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West Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Angela Mclernon
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Rachael Ross
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Hinton Daubnay, Hampshire
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Debra Gray
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Dronfield, Derbyshire
“For services to Further Education.”
William Smith
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Keri Scott
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Glenda Mctaggart
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Catherine Grove
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Julia Downey
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Barbara Connell
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Diane Willson
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Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.”
Caroline Tyerman
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Durham, County Durham
“For services to Education.”
Patricia Wells
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London, Greater London
“For services to Early Years in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.”
Alison Turner
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community.”
Louise Sutherland
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Leatherhead, Surrey
“For services to Early Years.”
Peter Scobie
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Newtownards, County Down
“For services to Higher Education.”
Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
“For voluntary services to Special Education.”
Fiona Mccullough
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Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
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London, Greater London
“For services to the Early Years.”
Fiona Knight
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Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People.”
Eleanor Keeley
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London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61803, notice 2673712. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2017).
Published 30 December 2016.
Location (Isle of Wight) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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