Warwickshire secondary school teacher wins national award

Romayne Charles of Higham Lane School, Nuneaton has won Secondary School Teacher of the Year at the Pearson Teaching Awards which was held at The Brewery, London. The event was hosted by BBC presenters Anita Rani and Sean Fletcher, and was aired on BBC Two on Sunday 28 October. The programme ‘Britain’s Classroom Heroes’ includes a short film about Romayne and her excellent work and is available until 25 November on BBC iPlayer.

Romayne Charles is subject leader for Social Sciences at Higham Lane School, and has been teaching there for seven and a half years.

The Pearson Teaching Awards celebrates outstanding teaching across the UK, and gold winners are nominated for awards by pupils, parents and colleagues. The awards celebrated their 20th anniversary this year, where 13 teachers and schools were celebrated as gold winners for their outstanding work in education.

Councillor Colin Hayfield, Portfolio Holder for Education and Learning, said “We are very proud of Romayne Charles’ great achievement in winning this prestigious teaching award. In Warwickshire we put children at the heart of all that we do and inspirational teachers like Romayne are a huge part of this.”