Birthday Honours 2011
Christopher Anthony WOODHEAD
Knight Bachelor
“Chairman, Cognita Schools and Professor of Education, University of Buckingham. For services to Education.”
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Knight Bachelor
Chairman, Cognita Schools and Professor of Education, University of Buckingham. For services to Education.
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“Chairman, Cognita Schools and Professor of Education, University of Buckingham. For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 21 times in the Birthday Honours List 2011 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
2 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Shropshire.
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 Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2011
Alan Meale
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“For public and political services.”
Anthony Gerard Hawkhead
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
West Midlands
“Chief Executive, Groundwork. For services to Environmental Regeneration.”
Brian Souter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Perth and Kinross
“Chief Executive, Stagecoach Group plc. For services to Transport and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Surrey
“For services to Entertainment and to Charity.”
Councillor Edward Julian Lister
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“Leader, Wandsworth Council. For services to Local Government.”
David Hartmann Higgins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
London
“Lately Chief Executive, Olympics Delivery Authority. For services to Regeneration.”
Dr Henry Burns
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Renfrewshire
“Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, Scottish Government.”
Dr Hugh Reginald Brentnall Pelham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“Director, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council. For services to Science.”
Frank Chapman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Surrey
“Chief Executive, BG Group. For services to the Oil and Gas Industries.”
Graham Robert Watson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Somerset
“For public and political services.”
Henry Cecil
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Suffolk
“Trainer. For services to Horse Racing.”
John Wilfred Peace
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Nottinghamshire
“Chairman, Standard Chartered Bank. For services to Business and to the Voluntary Sector.”
Paul Michael Williams
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Stockton-on-Tees, Cardiff
“Lately Director-General, Health and Social Services, Welsh Assembly Government and Chief Executive, NHS Wales.”
Peter Austin Simpson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Northamptonshire
“Executive Principal, Brooke Weston Partnership Northamptonshire. For services to Education.”
Professor Kent Linton Woods
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Leicestershire
“Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. For services to Healthcare.”
Professor Mark Edward Welland
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence.”
Professor Peter John Gregson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Belfast
“President and Vice-Chancellor, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Robert Geoffrey Edwards
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Cambridgeshire
“Scientist, Reproductive Biology. For services to Human Reproductive Biology.”
Professor Roger Michael Boyle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Surrey
“National Clinical Director for Heart Disease and Stroke. For services to Medicine.”
Professor Steven Murray Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2011
Devon
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter and President, Universities UK. For services to local and national Higher Education.”
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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 →
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“For services to People with Learning Disabilities in Jersey.”
Keri Scott
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“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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Knight Bachelor · 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 (Shropshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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