A science teacher in Rickmansworth will be travelling to a glamourous ceremony in London next weekend to see if he will claim a prestigious teaching award.
Drew Thomson, who teaches science at Rickmansworth School, will be travelling to a ceremony at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden on Sunday, October 18.
The head of science at the Scots Hill school claimed a silver teaching award in June, winning his award in the category for the Science Teacher of the Year.
Hundreds of teachers were put forward for a number of different awards, but Mr Thompson and 63 other silver award winnings are now vying for one of 11 Gold Plato awards.
Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson, president of the Teaching Awards said, “I am genuinely proud and honoured to be the associated with the Teaching Awards.
I owe so much of what I’ve done to my fantastic teachers at school and university and it is exciting to join in a celebration of the profession that’s probably the most important of them all.”
The ceremony will be broadcast on BBC2 at 6pm on Sunday 25th October as Britain’s Classroom Heroes.
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