Honour from Queen for Sandgate Head Teacher
At the Queens birthday many good folk were honoured with awards - and amongst those receiving the well earned spotlight was our very own Helen Tait - Head Teacher of Sandgate Primary School and Folkestone Academy Primary.
Helen, who was made a CBE for services to education, said “I’m quite overwhelmed and very excited too. What an amazing honour, an honour I just would never have expected. I feel immensely proud to have even been considered for it.
“I just don’t even know where it came from.
“I received a letter - I came home from school and there was a letter on the table and my husband was intrigued as it had Cabinet Office on the envelope. I opened it quite innocently.
“To say my breath was taken away was an understatement. It was the most emotional moment you could ever imagine and very humbling…”
Mrs Tait grew up in Winchester but moved to Kent to start teaching in 1977, when she began at George Spurgeon - now Castle View - in Folkestone. Before she moved to Sandgate Primary she was head teacher at Tenterden Juniors and she recently took on Head Teacher role for Folkestone Academy Primary too. She added: “I’m lucky that I truly love what I do - I’m lucky to have a rich life… Kent has been very good to me and it’s a county I’m very proud to belong to
“What I feel about this whole award is that it truly is in recognition of so many people, it’s not just about me, it’s about everyone who’s connected with Sandgate Primary and Folkestone Academy and all the very fine head teachers and people at the LEA that work in Kent…and we are lucky to work with so many fine people and children in Kent”
A full report can be obtained from Kentish Express
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