Worshipful Company of Educators

The Worshipful Company of Educators is the 109th livery company of the City of London, having been granted livery status on 10 September 2013 by the Court of Aldermen. The Company was founded on 24 May 2001 as a Guild to represent the education and training profession and for charitable purposes.[1] On 15 September 2009 the City's Court of Aldermen granted the petition of the Guild of Educators and agreed that the Guild be constituted one of the Companies of the City, without a grant of livery, with the title of The Company of Educators and that its Ordinances be approved and duly enrolled amongst the records of the City. Upon being advanced to the status of City livery company in 2013,[2] the Company was accorded the official title of Worshipful Company of Educators, although less formally it can continue to be known as the Educators' Company.

Worshipful Company of Educators
MottoPer Doctrinam ad Lucem (Through learning to light)
Location8 Little Trinity Lane
London, EC4
Date of formation2001
Company associationEducation
Order of precedence109th
Master of companyRichard Evans
Websitewww.co-educators.com

On 11 October 2017, the Worshipful Company of Educators was granted a Royal Charter by the Queen. The Company provides a forum through meetings and social occasions to bring together members from all parts of the education world to discuss and exchange views on matters of topical interest. The Educators’ Trust provides Awards and Bursaries for outstanding, innovative and inspirational practice in a wide range of educational subjects, levels and settings.

Masters
Term of office Name
1st Master 2001/02 Professor R N Franklin CBE
2nd Master 2002/03 Judith G Osborne
3rd Master 2003/04 P Max Weaver Esq
4th Master 2004/05 Dr Nicholas A D Carey FCGI
5th Master 2005/06 Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA FCGI
6th Master 2006/07 Dr David S Moore OBE TD
7th Master 2007/08 Dr Peter T Warren CBE
8th Master 2008/09 David W Taylor Esq
9th Master 2009/10 Dr Yvonne A Burne OBE JP
10th Master 2010/11 Professor Raymond P Clark OBE
11th Master 2011/12 Dr M Peter Briggs OBE
12th Master 2012/13 Martin F Cross Esq
13th Master 2013/14 Sir John Stuttard JP FCA
14th Master 2014/15 P R Williams CBE
15th Master 2015/16 John Leighfield CBE
16th Master 2016/17 Dr S Martin Gaskell DL
17th Master 2017/18 Susan Fey OBE
18th Master 2018/19 Dr Lis Goodwin
19th Master 2019/20 Pam Taylor
20th Master 2020/21 Richard Evans

The Educators' Trust

In accordance with the philanthropic tradition of the City of London Livery Companies, the Worshipful Company of Educators operates a separate charitable fund (Charity Reg. No. 110435). It does so to support the development of those who are engaged in the profession of education, development and training.

The objects of the charitable Trust are:

  • To reward excellence and innovation in their achievement and training in order to encourage both students and their mentors to undertake, and the public to appreciate, the work of educators
  • To promote, by the award of bursaries and grants and other appropriate means, the development of educators through research and study that is appropriate to the profession of educator and that increases understanding of relevant opportunities and needs
  • To advance education and its delivery through promotion of public presentations and discussion if relevant developments, and the generation of reports to policy-making bodies and the general public.

The Court of the Company
MasterImmediate Past MasterUpper WardenMiddle WardenLower WardenRenter WardenClerkChaplain
Richard EvansPam TaylorRoy BlackwellCaroline HainesJanet ReynoldsSandra Holt Christian JensenReverend John Pritchard

Special Interest Groups

The Company currently has ten special interest groups: Higher Education (SIGHE),[3] Special Education Needs & Disability (SIGSEND), Careers Information and Guidance (SIGCIG), Education in the Justice System (SIGECJS), Further Education, Skills & Lifelong Learning (SIGFESL), Information Outdoor Education (SIGIOE), School Improvement and Leadership (SIGSIL), Multi Academy Trusts (SIGMAT), Military Education (SIGME) and Arts and Cultural Education (SIGARTS).

Company Church

References
  1. "Plan for Livery Company". Times Higher Education.
  2. Gillian Tett (1 November 2013). "This guilded life". Financial Times Magazine. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. "SIGHE/WCoE". Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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