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ONE OF THE UK’S BEST TEACHERS FOUND IN SUSSEX
IT’S OFFICIAL – one of the UK’s best teachers has been identified as primary school reception class teaching assistant, Mrs. Butler from Crawley.
A three-week search via Facebook was carried out by One4all, the Post Office gift card, which saw 169 nominations coming in from students, parents and members of the public from around the UK.
Mrs. Butler of Langshott Primary School in Horley, was shortlisted in the search for the UK’s best teacher due to her committed work ethic making sure the reception class of four and five-year old’s feel happy and settled as they experience school for the first time in their young lives.
Mrs. Butler was awarded a £100 One4all Gift Card as a token of appreciation for all that she does.
Hannah Minty, a parent at the school who nominated Mrs. Butler, said: “I know the award is called ‘Nominate a Superhero Teacher’, but let’s not overlook the amazing contribution made by teaching assistants and just how important this role is to schools, students and teachers.
“They earn so little but care so much! Our superstar teaching assistant worked tirelessly to make sure that changes in teaching personnel wasn’t felt by our youngest students and that each child flourished.”
The campaign, which saw almost 200 nominations being submitted in total from locals, parents, students and colleagues, all of whom were eager to sing the praises of teachers from primary and secondary level schools across the nation.
Rachel Delaney, Group Marketing Manager at One4all Gift Cards, commented: “Teachers have such an important role to play in the lives of the younger generation, helping to shape their future lives and ensure they feel supported and happy throughout every step of their school journey. It’s a huge responsibility and requires a lot of patience, dedication and passion, not just on some days but every day – a skill which we at One4all Gift Cards feel should be rewarded.
We felt so passionate about this that we launched a search to find and reward the nation’s best teachers. Mrs Butler has clearly nurtured her young students and given them the very best start in their school journey, we feel she is a very worthy runner up in our search and represents the critical role of teaching assistants and the value they add to classrooms nation-wide.”
It was Sophie Fleming of Colmore Infant School in Kings Heath, Birmingham, who was crowned superhero teacher of the year, following a heart-warming nomination from a parent at the school.