
Birthday Honours 2011
Christine Byrne MCCANN OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“Lately Headteacher, Notre Dame Catholic College for Arts, Liverpool. For services to Education.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Lately Headteacher, Notre Dame Catholic College for Arts, Liverpool. For services to Education.
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“Lately Headteacher, Notre Dame Catholic College for Arts, Liverpool. For services to Education.”
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“Lately Headteacher, Notre Dame Catholic College for Arts, Liverpool. For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 236 times in the Birthday Honours List 2011 — about 24% of the list.
In their area
147 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Cheshire.
How widely is this recognised?
4,959 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 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 Birthday Honours 2011
Adrian Holmes
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Derbyshire
“For services to Skills and Training.”
Adrian Voce
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“Director, Play England. For services to Children.”
Alan Smith
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Hampshire
“Head, Data Visualisation Unit, Methodology Directorate, Office for National Statistics.”
Alison Margaret Blackburn
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Suffolk
“Chair, Board of Governors, Harper Adams University College. For voluntary service to Land-Based Higher Education.”
Allison Chin
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
“Headteacher, Swinnow Primary School, Leeds. For services to Education.”
Andrew Flower
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Warwickshire
“Director, England National Cricket Team. For services to Sport.”
Andrew John Strauss
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Buckinghamshire
“England Captain. For services to Cricket.”
Andrew Nicholas Farrar
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Lancashire
“Head of Exchequer Losses, Benefits and Credits, Preston, HM Revenue and Customs.”
Andy Hawthorne
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cheshire
“Founder and Chief Executive, Message Trust. For services to Young People in Greater Manchester.”
Angela Burridge
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Somerset
“Headteacher, Brentry Primary School, Bristol. For services to Education.”
Angela Mary Murphy
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Lancashire
“Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International), University of Central Lancashire. For services to Higher Education.”
Bernadette Mcnally
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Belfast
“Director, Social and Primary Care Services and Executive Director, Social Work, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. For public service.”
Bernard Cribbins
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Surrey
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
Beverley De-Gale
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Surrey
“Co-Founder, African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust. For services to Healthcare.”
Beverley Penney
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Vale of Glamorgan
“For services to Ramblers Cymru.”
Beverly Isadore Lindsay
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Midlands
“For services to Business and to the community in Birmingham.”
Brigadier William Ian Cotter Dobbie
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Kent
“General-Secretary, Council of Voluntary Welfare Workers. For services to the Armed Forces.”
Bronwen Eileen Northmore
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Middlesex
“Lately Director, Cleaner Fossil Fuels Directorate, Department of Energy and Climate Change.”
Captain Victor Richard Law
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
London
“For voluntary service to St John Ambulance.”
Caroline Bannerman
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Cheshire
“Lately Principal and Chief Executive, Bolton College. For services to Further Education.”
Catherine Purdy
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Durham
“Chief Executive, Vela Homes (incorporating Housing Hartlepool). For services to Local Government.”
Charles Basil Woodd
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
Wiltshire
“Team Leader, Community Development Team, Community Action Division, Department for Communities and Local Government.”
Charles Mark Ridgway
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
“Managing Director, Group Rhodes. For services to Industry.”
Charles William Victor Harris
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2011
West Yorkshire
“Director of Youth Projects, Rank Foundation. For services to Young People.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Education
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,959 people have been recognised for Education. See the full list →
Dawn Moir Tinley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in Gibraltar.”
Glenda Lynne McTAGGART
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education in the Cayman Islands.”
Catherine Marjorie Grove
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Julia Clare Downey
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Children and Education in Moldova.”
Barbara Helen Connell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Education and Young People in The Gambia.”
Diane Kathleen Willson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
“For services to the Education Community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex”
Caroline Tyerman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Durham, North Yorkshire
“Lately Lead Practitioner, SEND and Inclusion, Brougham Primary School Hartlepool. For services to Education”
Alison Turner
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Chair, Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation UK. For services to the Learning Disabled and Neurodiverse Community”
Barbara Celia Sved
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Disabled and Learning Disabled Adults in Harrow and Northwood, Greater London”
Peter Scobie
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Newtownards, County Down
“Head Chef, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Higher Education”
Audrey Moore
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Limavady, County Londonderry
“Chair, Friends of Rossmar School. For voluntary services to Special Education”
Fiona Sarah Winifred McCULLOUGH
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Tamworth, Staffordshire
“For services to Education and Outreach”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Fiona Jayne Knight
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Corwen, Clwyd
“For services to People with Learning Disabilities and to Autistic People”
Eleanor Keeley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“School Cook and Catering Manager, Linden Lodge School, London Borough of Wandsworth. For services to Education”
Sandra Howes (Cassandra Howes)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bedford, Bedfordshire
“For services to Education and to Inter-Faith Relations in Bedfordshire”
Alan John Hiatt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cwmbran, Gwent
“Mental Health and Learning Difficulties Volunteer. For services to Ty Siriol and Hafan Deg Wards, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board”
Jamie Paul Goddard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chepstow, Gwent
“Lately Deputy Headteacher. For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People”
Julie Gard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Bracknell, Berkshire
“Tutor, Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Berkshire. For services to Further Education”
Lilian Jane Field
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
“Headteacher, Strathdon School and Crathie School, Aberdeenshire. For services to Rural Education”
Caroline Anne Dickinson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“Playgroup Leader, St Leonards Pre-School, Exeter. For services to Early Years Education”
Jacqueline Burton
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Waterlooville, Hampshire
“Nursery Practitioner and Manager, Children's Learning Centre, Emsworth, Hampshire. For services to Early Years Education”
Mary Boam
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
“Manager, Hulland Community Pre School, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. For services to Early Years Education”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2011). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2011.
Location (Cheshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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