New Year Honours 2025
Helen Wardale MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Chair
“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 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Helen Ruth WARDALE
Chair, Apollo Academies Trust, Norfolk.
For services to Education.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64607 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2025- Role at the time
- Chair
- Region
- North Walsham, Norfolk
“For services to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 602 times in the New Year Honours List 2025 — about 40% of the list.
In their area
70 Member of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Norfolk.
What organisation were they with?
Chair.
How widely is this recognised?
6,604 people have been recognised for Education.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64607, notice 4783561. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2025).
Published 30 December 2024.
Location (North Walsham, Norfolk) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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