Named for former National Union of Teachers (NUT) General Secretary Fred Jarvis and his late wife, the Fred and Anne Jarvis Award was established in 2007 and first awarded in 2008. It was originally presented annually by the NUT to individuals outside the union who campaign on education and related issues but in 2017 the award was made to an NUT member. [1] From 2019 the award has been presented by the National Education Union, which has succeeded the NUT. Fred Jarvis died in 2020 but the award continues.
Year | Recipient | Awarded for |
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2008 | Margaret Tulloch | A lifetime of education activism including as spokesperson for 16 years for the Campaign for State Education. [3] |
2009 | Fiona Millar | Campaigning for good quality local comprehensive schools as against academies. [4] |
2010 | Michael Rosen | Education campaigning. [5] |
2011 | Robin Alexander | Work on the Cambridge Primary Review, and efforts on behalf of primary education, children and teachers. [6] |
2012 | Melissa Benn | Championing the cause of comprehensive education. [7] |
2013 | Malala Yousafzai | Only aged fifteen but since 2008 has spoken out for girls' education in Pakistan. Survived an assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman in 2012. [8] |
2014 | Michael Lees | A leading campaigner for the removal of asbestos from schools. [9] |
2015 | Ged Grebby | Chief Executive of the charity Show Racism the Red Card, educating schools, teachers and pupils about combatting racism and providing guidance. [10] |
2016 | Alan Gibbons | Children's author, and campaigner for the retention of school libraries. [11] |
2017 | Jonny Crawshaw | NUT member, campaigner for the rights of children in York to receive a good education, and spokesperson for the national organisation Rescue Our Schools. [12] |
2018 | Warwick Mansell | Education journalism and blogging. [13] |
2019 | Madeleine Holt | Co-founder of campaign group Rescue Our Schools. [14] [15] |
2020 | Julie Rayson | Co-founder of an action group which exposed mis-management by a trust at the Whitehaven Academy (award held over until 2021 as Covid prevented the NEU from holding a 2020 annual conference). [16] [17] |
2021 | Marcus Rashford MBE | Campaigner for free school meals to combat food poverty. [18] [19] |
2022 | Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE | Campaigner for education to end gender and racial stereotyping. [20] |
2023 | Onjali Raúf MBE | Children's author, for services to education. [21] |
2024 | Julia Waters and Hilda Palmer | Waters is a campaigner for the reform of Ofsted; Palmer campaigns for workers' health and safety and was a co-founder of Families Against Corporate Killers. [22] |
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