Teacher Kevin in running for national award

AN outstanding Portstewart teacher hopes to walk away with a UK Teaching Award this weekend.
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Oct 2010, 12:52 BST
Updated 27th Oct 2010, 11:32 BST

Dominican teacher, Kevin Ramsey, is in the running for the Royal Air Force Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School.

The national awards will be held in Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Sunday, with more than 80 schools across the UK represented, including twelve from Northern Ireland.

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The winners will be supported by pupils, colleagues, friends and families back at school. Each will discover if they have won the ultimate accolade – a gold Plato that is education's symbol of excellence.

The glittering event before 2,000 guests will be hosted by comedian and actor Lenny Henry CBE and screened on BBC2 at 6pm.

Twelve UK winners will receive awards from Teaching Awards president and Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson, patron Henry Winkler, Education Secretary Michael Gove, 'Strictly Come Dancing' judge Craig Revel Horwood and Derry-born actress Amanda Burton.

All of the 86 UK finalists will be treated to a prize weekend in London with a guest, staying two nights at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel which has a spectacular view of Big Ben. All are now fellows of the Teaching Awards 2010.