A teacher in Titchfield was delighted to be selected as a finalist for a top national teaching award.
Ruth Carty at Titchfield Primary School
Ruth Carty from Titchfield Primary School in Southampton Road has been chosen as one on a list of exceptional teachers who are the stars of education this year in the 2013 Pearson Teaching Awards.
The finalists will receive the results when they are announced by the awarding body on Thank a Teacher Day on May 17.
Pupils, parents and colleagues will gather at a school presentation for the result announcement and cheer for Ms Carty, who was overwhelmed by the nomination.
“My nomination as a regional finalist came as a complete surprise,” she said.
“I had received a ‘Thank you Teacher’ card but thought no more of it when I found just one single parent comment on the website.
“I had no idea there were so many people working away in secret on my behalf. I still can’t believe all the things they have said about me!
“The things I have done as a teacher have only been possible because of the people I have been lucky enough to work with.”
Ms Carty was one of 24,000 nominations for the teaching awards, which is celebrating 12 years of recognition for unsung heroes – head teachers, teachers, teaching assistants and school teams – from across the UK.
Each winner will receive a Plato – the teaching awards trophy representing excellence in education. Distinctions and commendations will also be presented.
Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson, president of the teaching awards said: “I am genuinely proud and honoured to be the president of the teaching awards. I owe so much of what I’ve done to my fantastic teachers at school and university and it is exciting to join in celebrating what is probably the most important profession of them all.”