Rebecca Hickey Awarded OBE in King’s Birthday Honours List
Ms Rebecca Hickey, Secondary Director at The Harris Federation has been awarded an OBE by the King in His first Birthday Honour’s List. The award is for Services to Education.
Having begun her career as an English teacher, Ms Hickey joined the Federation in January 2007 as Vice Principal of Harris Academy South Norwood and was a key member of the team who moved the school from Special Measures to Outstanding over 3 years.
Her success as a school leader continued as Principal of Harris Academy Beckenham which she took from Special Measures to Good in 2013 and then to Outstanding in 2017, furthermore as Executive Principal she took The Chobham Academy to an Outstanding Ofsted judgement at its first inspection in 2015. She was then appointed as one of our Assistant Directors working across the Federation.
In April 2022, she was appointed Secondary Director at the Federation where she continues to inspire colleagues and students across our schools.
Sir Dan Moynihan, Senior Executive Principal & CEO of the Harris Federation said:
“Having built her career in schools across London, Rebecca is a wonderful champion both for the Federation and for the communities that she has served in her schools.
This honour is not only extremely well-deserved, but it also highlights the amazing and transformative work that school leaders such as Rebecca deliver on a daily basis in terms of raising aspirations, driving social mobility, and never giving up on a school or the young people within it. Rebecca is a wonderful colleague, extremely popular across the Federation and I know that everyone will share her delight in receiving this Honour."
Rebecca Hickey said:
“I feel very privileged to be receiving such a prestigious award, though it is all the remarkable staff and students I have had the pleasure of working with who truly deserve it. So, thank you to Harris Federation for the opportunities, challenges, and collaboration; accelerating social mobility through education has and will continue to be my aim.”