Named for former National Union of Teachers (NUT) General Secretary Fred Jarvis and his late wife, the Fred and Anne Jarvis Award was established in 2007 and first awarded in 2008. It was originally presented annually by the NUT to individuals outside the union who campaign on education and related issues but in 2017 the award was made to an NUT member. From 2019 the award has been presented by the National Education Union, which has succeeded the NUT. Fred Jarvis died in 2020 but the award continues.
Winners of the Fred and Anne Jarvis Award
Year Recipient Awarded for 2008 Margaret Tulloch A lifetime of education activism including as spokesperson for 16 years for the Campaign for State Education. 2009 Fiona Millar Campaigning for good quality local comprehensive schools as against academies. 2010 Michael Rosen Education campaigning. 2011 Robin Alexander Work on the Cambridge Primary Review, and efforts on behalf of primary education, children and teachers. 2012 Melissa Benn Championing the cause of comprehensive education. 2013 Malala Yousafzai Only aged fifteen but since 2008 has spoken out for girls' education in Pakistan. Survived an assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman in 2012. 2014 Michael Lees A leading campaigner for the removal of asbestos from schools. 2015 Ged Grebby Chief Executive of the charity Show Racism the Red Card, educating schools, teachers and pupils about combatting racism and providing guidance. 2016 Alan Gibbons Children's author, and campaigner for the retention of school libraries. 2017 Jonny Crawshaw NUT member, campaigner for the rights of children in York to receive a good education, and spokesperson for the national organisation Rescue Our Schools. 2018 Warwick Mansell Education journalism and blogging. 2019 Madeleine Holt Co-founder of campaign group Rescue Our Schools. 2020 Julie Rayson Co-founder of an action group which exposed mis-management by a trust at the Whitehaven Academy (award held over until 2021 as Covid prevented the NEU from holding a 2020 annual conference). 2021 Marcus Rashford MBE Campaigner for free school meals to combat food poverty. 2022 Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE Campaigner for education to end gender and racial stereotyping. 2023 Onjali Raúf MBE Children's author, for services to education. 2024 Julia Waters and Hilda Palmer Waters is a campaigner for the reform of Ofsted; Palmer campaigns for workers' health and safety and was a co-founder of Families Against Corporate Killers. 2025 Kye Gbangbola and Nicole Lawler Campaigning for awareness of contaminated land and for justice following the death of their son Zane Gbangbola when the family home was poisoned by hydrogen cyanide due to flooding of a field which had previously been used for landfill. 2026 Greg Bottrill Author and thinker changing perceptions of Early Years education.
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