School 'mum' wins Teacher of the Year awardpublished at 10:55 British Summer Time 22 October 2018
A teacher from Nuneaton has been given the award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School at the Pearson Teaching Awards., external
Romayne Charles is subject leader for social sciences at Higham Lane School, in Weddington, Nuneaton, and has been teaching there for the last seven and a half years.
She has been described as "an enthusiastic, inspirational teacher with the highest expectations, whose excellence in teaching and learning achieves outstanding results across her several subjects".
Miss Charles has been credited for her "non-judgemental approach", and her ability to read emotions.
One student referred to her as "our school mum".