Yasmin Bevan
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Dame Yasmin Bevan, DBE
is the Executive Principal and Headteacher of Denbigh High School and Challney High School for Boys, both in Luton
, England. Her current appointment as Executive Principal of both schools started in September 2008. Prior to this she was the Headteacher of Denbigh High School, a role which she took up in 1991.
Following her appointment at Denbigh High School, Yasmin Bevan began to introduce a number of significant changes to improve the quality of teaching and learning across the school. What followed was a rise in achievement which has led to the school becoming one of the most successful schools in the country. The exam results at GCSE have continued to rise despite many of the students in the school coming from challenging circumstances.
In 2009, Denbigh High School won the Times Educational Supplement's 'Secondary School of the Year' award and the school achieved a CVA score of 1067.4. (CVA scores look at the improvement pupils make between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4 while taking into account a number of factors that are outside the schools control. It then predicts what a pupil's attainment should be, based on the attainment of other children with similar backgrounds and then sees how the school has influenced pupils performance e.g. above or below the national prediction.)
, Pakistan
and Bangladesh
before coming to the United Kingdom.
Order of the British Empire
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is the Executive Principal and Headteacher of Denbigh High School and Challney High School for Boys, both in Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
, England. Her current appointment as Executive Principal of both schools started in September 2008. Prior to this she was the Headteacher of Denbigh High School, a role which she took up in 1991.
Following her appointment at Denbigh High School, Yasmin Bevan began to introduce a number of significant changes to improve the quality of teaching and learning across the school. What followed was a rise in achievement which has led to the school becoming one of the most successful schools in the country. The exam results at GCSE have continued to rise despite many of the students in the school coming from challenging circumstances.
In 2009, Denbigh High School won the Times Educational Supplement's 'Secondary School of the Year' award and the school achieved a CVA score of 1067.4. (CVA scores look at the improvement pupils make between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4 while taking into account a number of factors that are outside the schools control. It then predicts what a pupil's attainment should be, based on the attainment of other children with similar backgrounds and then sees how the school has influenced pupils performance e.g. above or below the national prediction.)
Awards
- Teaching Awards Special Commendation in 2003
- Teaching Awards Headteacher of the Year in 2005
- Named Dame Yasmin Bevan in January 2007 for services to education
- Awarded honorary doctorate in April 2008
- Became a National Leader in Education in 2009 (NLE)
Affiliations
- DCSF Secondary Education Adviser in June 2007
- Former member of DfEE Race Education and Employment Forum
- Former governor Luton Sixth Form College
- Member, governing council of the National College of School Leadership and Corporate Plan Reference Group (2000–04)
- Member, DfES headteacher reference group that advises the DfES Practitioners’ Group on Pupil Behaviour and Attendance
- Member of the DfES headteacher reference group that advises the Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Member of DfES citizenship education working party
- Member of the DfES Practitioners Group on School Behaviour and Discipline
- Headteachers' representative on a regional consultative head’s group for the School Improvement Partners Programme
- NCSL Secondary Director (temporary secondment)
- DfES Ten year childcare strategy stakeholder group
- Advisory Group on National Leaders of Education 2006
Background
Yasmin Bevan was born into a Indian Muslim family and grew up in IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
before coming to the United Kingdom.