Sue John

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Dame
Susan Elizabeth John
Headmistress of Lampton School
In office
1997–2015
Personal details
Born (1953-04-01) 1 April 1953 (age 71)
NationalityBritish
Profession Educator
Awards Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.svg DBE

Dame Susan Elizabeth John DBE (born 1953), is a British headteacher and educator, who chairs the Teacher Development Trust. [1]

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Awarded a damehood in 2011 for leading a low-performing and unpopular London school to being oversubscribed and graded as outstanding by OFSTED, [2] from 1997 until 2015 she served as headmistress of Lampton School which was included in the 2010 OFSTED publication Twelve Outstanding Secondary Schools: excelling against the odds. [3]

Career

Revolutionising the fortunes of a large multi-ethnic mixed school, as Headmistress of Lampton School in the London Borough of Hounslow between 1997 and 2015, [4] John was appointed DBE in the 2011 New Year Honours for "services to local and national education". [5]

Subsequently appointed a director of the Brilliant Club, [6] DfE, Future and Teaching Leaders [7] then chair of the South London Teaching School Hub [8] and Charles Dickens Research School, [9] Dame Sue is a member of the Sutton Trust Education Advisory Group, [10] the advisory group for the Fair Education Alliance [11] and the Royal Society’s curriculum group. [12] She has also served as a trustee for the Haberdashers' Academies Trust South [13] and chair of Trustees for the Teacher Development Trust. [14]

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DBE breast star

Honours and awards

Honours

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Dame Sue John – FED Education" . Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Dame Sue John". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  3. ↑ "Twelve outstanding secondary schools Excelling against the odds" (PDF). dera.ioe.ac.uk.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Lampton School". www.lampton.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  5. ↑ "New Year's Honours 2011: CSV - GOV.UK". assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  6. ↑ "The Brilliant Club". The Brilliant Club. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  7. ↑ "Our history". Ambition Institute. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  8. ↑ "Welcome to London South Teaching School Hub". www.londonsouthtsh.org. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  9. ↑ "Wandle Teaching School Hub - Charles Dickens Research School". www.wandletshub.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  10. ↑ "The Sutton Trust". The Sutton Trust. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  11. ↑ "Fair Education Alliance". Fair Education Alliance. 2025-02-10. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  12. ↑ "Fellow Detail Page | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  13. ↑ "Our Schools | The Haberdashers' Company". www.haberdashers.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  14. ↑ "Our People | Challenge Partners". challengepartners.org. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  15. ↑ "Honorary Degrees". Roehampton University. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  16. ↑ "Honorary Fellows". www.brunel.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
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