Dela Smith
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Note: Do not confuse with British cooking master, Delia Smith
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Dame Dela Smith, DBE has been Headteacher at Beaumont Hill Technology College (Darlington
, England
) since 1992. She has over 30 years experience in special education. Beaumont Hill is Darlington's only special school and has the full range of pupils with SEN including emotional behavioural difficulties.
Smith has had extensive experience at a national level and is a regular speaker at conferences. She is currently a member of the Special Educational Needs Working group and was on the working group producing a report on the future role of special schools. She is also a strategic Board member of the new NCSL North East affiliated centre. She is chair of the Association of Special School Heads, Tees Valley
and Darlington.
Beaumont Hill in Darlington
, County Durham
caters for children aged five to 19 with a range of special needs. With another local school, Abbey Hill, it formed one of the first successful special schools bids to achieve technology college status, and it helps other mainstream schools in the area to include pupils with special educational needs.
"I'm still reeling", she said at the time regarding the DBE. "I feel absolutely stunned, and very humbled as well because it's such a tremendous honour" (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1391026.stm).
Delia Smith
Delia Smith CBE is an English cook and television presenter, known for teaching basic cookery skills. She is the UK's best-selling cookery author, with more than 21 million copies sold....
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Dame Dela Smith, DBE has been Headteacher at Beaumont Hill Technology College (Darlington
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) since 1992. She has over 30 years experience in special education. Beaumont Hill is Darlington's only special school and has the full range of pupils with SEN including emotional behavioural difficulties.
Smith has had extensive experience at a national level and is a regular speaker at conferences. She is currently a member of the Special Educational Needs Working group and was on the working group producing a report on the future role of special schools. She is also a strategic Board member of the new NCSL North East affiliated centre. She is chair of the Association of Special School Heads, Tees Valley
Tees Valley
The Tees Valley is an area in the North East of England. It can be described as "greater Teesside" and consists of the four unitary authorities created by the breakup of the County of Cleveland in 1996: Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, and Stockton-On-Tees along with the borough of...
and Darlington.
Beaumont Hill in Darlington
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
, County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
caters for children aged five to 19 with a range of special needs. With another local school, Abbey Hill, it formed one of the first successful special schools bids to achieve technology college status, and it helps other mainstream schools in the area to include pupils with special educational needs.
"I'm still reeling", she said at the time regarding the DBE. "I feel absolutely stunned, and very humbled as well because it's such a tremendous honour" (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1391026.stm).