Sue King from Woodham Community Technology College in Newton Aycliffe has been announced as the winner of The Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School in the North for the 2012 Pearson Teaching Awards.
Sue was shortlisted from a record number of nominations and will join the other winning teachers from across England, Wales and Northern Ireland at the prestigious UK Ceremony which will be aired on BBC2 in the autumn.
Sue attended a reception at the House of Commons this week in acknowledgement of her wonderful achievement.
