{"id":78838,"date":"2017-02-10T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=17d201a9675e7f3fefee7e84763af580"},"modified":"2017-02-10T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T12:38:00","slug":"press-release-county-durham-student-awarded-lord-glenamara-memorial-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=78838","title":{"rendered":"Press release: County Durham student awarded Lord Glenamara memorial prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>A talented County Durham student has been recognised for her academic success and voluntary work with a prize given to commemorate a politician who championed education in the North East.<\/p>\n<p>Courteney Ayre, a pupil at Apollo Studio Academy, Peterlee, was announced as the fifth winner of the annual Lord Glenamara Memorial Prize, given in memory of former Deputy Prime Minister and North-East MP Ted Short.<\/p>\n<p>Education Secretary Justine Greening presented Courteney with the award at a reception held at Imperial College London on Thursday 9 February, and confirmed that the year 12 student will now undertake a 2-day work experience programme at the Department for Education\u2019s offices in London.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing that she had been selected as the stand-out candidate from entrants in years 11 and 12 across the North East, aspiring primary school teacher Courteney paid tribute to the work of local organisations such as the Durham-based Bridge Young Carers project.<\/p>\n<p>Courteney impressed judges with her academic and extra-curricular achievements, which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>academic excellence in gaining 11 <abbr title=\"General Certificates of Secondary Education\">GCSEs<\/abbr> at A and B grade<\/li>\n<li>involvement in induction and mentoring of new students by assisting Apollo staff and attending promotional events to share positive opportunities and experiences<\/li>\n<li>supporting students and teachers by delivering, to a high standard, lessons in a peer-to-peer teaching programme<\/li>\n<li>being involved with the Bridge Young Carers project to provide support for young carers in the north-east of England<\/li>\n<li>using her experience to work with local charity Northern Rights to help set up a website offering support for people with health problems and disabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Education Secretary Justine Greening said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There were so many excellent entrants put forward for this year\u2019s prize and they should all be celebrated. However, having read Courteney\u2019s nomination, it is clear why she stood out &#8211; Courteney should be proud of her many achievements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Getting good grades is vital and it is equally important that pupils leave school with the skills and confidence needed to get on in life. Courteney has demonstrated these qualities in abundance and used them to have a hugely positive impact on her school and the local community. I\u2019m sure she will be a fantastic teacher and I wish her all the best for the future<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reacting to her award, Courteney said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I feel highly honoured to be nominated for, and subsequently chosen, to receive this outstanding award. If it wasn\u2019t for the tireless effort put in by my teachers, family and friends I would still be shy, and therefore unable to even be considered for an award like this.<\/p>\n<p>I feel very grateful that I was introduced to The Bridge Young Carers Project and would like to use this award to highlight how important services like these are to young people that are living in a caring role. It relieves them of a lot of extra stress, thus allowing them to pursue their education to a higher and more beneficial standard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I hope to continue supporting the links between education and supportive groups once I become an educator myself.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The runners-up, listed in alphabetical order, are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lily Clarke, Heaton Manor School<\/li>\n<li>Grace Copeland, St Anthony\u2019s Girls\u2019 Catholic Academy<\/li>\n<li>Thomas James, Belmont Community School<\/li>\n<li>Martha Laundy-Blair, Carmel College<\/li>\n<li>Jack McDermott, Ian Ramsey <abbr title=\"Church of England\">CoE<\/abbr> Academy<\/li>\n<li>Annalise Murray, Harton Technology College<\/li>\n<li>Aaron Rowell, St Thomas More <abbr title=\"Roman Catholic\">RC<\/abbr> Academy<\/li>\n<li>Georgia Topping, Castle View Enterprise Academy<\/li>\n<li>Niamh Waters, St Thomas More <abbr title=\"Roman Catholic\">RC<\/abbr> Sixth Form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"about-the-lord-glenamara-prize\">About the Lord Glenamara Prize<\/h3>\n<p>The prize is open to school pupils in years 11 and 12 across the North East of England who have shown:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>strong academic performance across a range of subjects<\/li>\n<li>a civic contribution, particularly volunteering personal time for activities such as:\n<ul>\n<li>mentoring younger pupils<\/li>\n<li>helping with extracurricular events<\/li>\n<li>working with a youth group or a charity outside school hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>an interest in government, education, history or public service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"about-lord-glenamara\">About Lord Glenamara<\/h3>\n<p>Lord Glenamara &#8211; Ted Short &#8211; qualified as a teacher in Durham before becoming MP for Newcastle central in 1951 and the first Chancellor of Northumbria in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>In 1968 he was appointed Education Secretary in Harold Wilson\u2019s government, a post he continued to shadow in opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord Glenamara memorial prize was established to reward academic performance, citizenship and an interest in history, politics, or public service from young people in the North East.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_997\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>DfE enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Central newsdesk<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7783 8300\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              0370 000 2288\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Secretary Justine Greening was at a prize-giving event to hand the Lord Glenamara Memorial Prize to Courteney Ayre from Peterlee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}