New Year Honours 2020
Edward Vainker OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Education.”
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Topics
London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
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:
Edward François VAINKER
Co-Founder and Executive Principal, Reach Academy, Feltham
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“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 2020 — about 19% of the list.
In their area
841 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Greater London.
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 2020
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Adrian Gault
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Alan Sherry
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“For services to Education.”
Alastair Gibbons
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Alexander Williams
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“For services to Economic and to Industrial Development.”
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Andrew Brown
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Andrew Donaldson
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Andrew Falvey
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Transport.”
Andrew Halls
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London, Greater London
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Angela Hughes
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Ann Francke
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“For services to Workplace Equality.”
Ann Gallagher
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Barbara Connell
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Diane Willson
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Caroline Tyerman
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Patricia Wells
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Alison Turner
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Louise Sutherland
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Peter Scobie
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Audrey Moore
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Limavady, County Londonderry
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Fiona Mccullough
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“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Iraklis Kolokotronis
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London, Greater London
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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
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3455028. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Location (London, Greater London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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