Secondary Teacher of the Year

This category is to celebrate outstanding achievement or dedication of individual secondary phase teachers.

We are looking for teachers who inspire and engage pupils and make an exceptional contribution to their school.

Secondary school is perhaps the most important time in the lives of young people, where they make the choices which will shape their futures and the entire rest of their lives.

And there to guide them through those choices - and the often turbulent time of growing up - are the teachers. But what we want to know is, who is the best secondary school teacher in the Bradford district?

They'll be a very special person, firm but fair, with a flair for get-ting even the most reluctant academic to learn, engage and deliver results.

They might be someone who has only been in the job a few years and is full of youthful enthusiasm, or they might be a veteran who has honed their teaching craft over many, many years.

They always say you never forget a good teacher, and we want to know about those whose names will be remembered by their pupils long after they leave the school and enter into the world of adulthood.

Craven College provides further education opportunities for 16 to18 year olds with over 1,500 full time students plus over 700 apprenticeship opportunities across a wide range of skills and occupations.

Based in Skipton with an additional Travel & Aviation Academy at Leeds Bradford International Airport, the College is extremely proud of its apprenticeship provision which has outstanding success rates.

The latest national data shows Craven College to be in the top ten of 236 college providers nationally.

Student success for full-time provision at the College consistently performs above the national average. Demand has grown for progression onto full and part-time degree level study at Craven College due to small class sizes, flexible timetables and high quality tuition.

Craven College continues to develop its resources to meet the needs of students. Summer 2015 will see the opening of a brand new £6.2m building on the Aireville Campus, Skipton, with facilities and workshops for the construction trades.

A total refurbishment of the campus's Whernside building will bring together central services, including a Learning Resources Centre, Student Support Services, Enterprise Zone, shop and social area.

2012 saw a £750,000 redevelopment of the High Street Campus to provide a state of the art production kitchen for the hospitality and catering students and the relocation of the Academy of Hair & Beauty into new and spacious salons.

The College’s vision remains “enriching lives through learning” and the College does this by providing a supportive environment in which all students can learn and develop and achieve their potential.