Wokingham

Two teachers and one headteacher from the Wokingham district have been short-listed for a major national teaching award.

Keith Quine, headteacher at The Forest School in Winnersh, Wokingham has been nominated for the Headteacher of the Year in a Secondary School, whilst Shelly Upton, head of performing arts and also a drama teacher at Maiden Erlegh, Wokingham has been nominated for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School. David Cheetham from The Forest School has been nominated for Teaching Award for Enterprise.

And, on Monday July 3, Keith, Shelly and David will be attending the South of England regional finals of the prestigious Teaching Awards 2006 at Wellington College in Crowthorne.

Wokingham District Council’s executive member for children’s services Cllr Frank Browne said: "We have many excellent teachers working in the district’s schools and I am delighted that Keith, David and Shelly have been nominated for such a prestigious award. It is teaching staff like these three who make a real difference to the lives of the district’s children and young people. I would like to wish them good luck at the awards, and I hope their enthusiasm and commitment is formally recognised through these awards.”

The Teaching Awards 2006 is sponsored by BT, the Guardian, the Department for Education and Skills, Innovation Unit, Promethean, the Training and Development Agency for Schools and the Royal Air Force. Winners from each of the 11 regions across England, as well as those from Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland will be invited to attend the Teaching Awards 2006 National Ceremony, which will be held on Sunday October 15, 2006, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.

Wokingham District Council