Yasmin Bevan

Dame Yasmin Bevan ( Prodhan in Luton, Bedfordshire, from 1991 until her retirement in 2014. She contributed to policy development through the Expert Group on Assessment and the Practitioners Group on School Behaviour and Attendance. She has also chaired the Department for Education's Secondary Heads Reference Group from March 2010. and in 2013 she appeared in Who's Who.

Awards Teaching Awards Special Commendation in 2003 Teaching Awards Headteacher of the Year in 2005 Awarded honorary doctorate in April 2008 Became a National Leader of Education in 2009 (NLE) In 2009, Denbigh High School won the Times Educational Supplement's 'Secondary School of the Year' Award.

Affiliations DCSF Secondary Education Adviser in June 2007 Former member of DfEE Race Education and Employment Forum Former governor Luton Sixth Form College Member, governing council of the National College of School Leadership and Corporate Plan Reference Group (2000–04) Member, DfES headteacher reference group that advises the DfES Practitioners’ Group on Pupil Behaviour and Attendance Member of the DfES headteacher reference group that advises the Department for Children, Schools and Families Member of DfES citizenship education working party Member of the DfES Practitioners Group on School Behaviour and Discipline Headteachers' representative on a regional consultative head's group for the School Improvement Partners Programme NCSL Secondary Director (temporary secondment) DfES Ten year childcare strategy stakeholder group Advisory Group on National Leaders of Education 2006