Dame Norma Redfearn at a memorial service in North Shields, England

From Wikipedia:

Dame Norma Redfearn DBE (born February 1938) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Mayor of North Tyneside from 2013 to 2025.

Redfearn was born in Wallsend. The daughter of a shipyard worker, she graduated with a BPhil from Newcastle University.

Redfearn had a 30-year career in primary and secondary education. After a variety of teaching jobs, she left Wharrier Street Juniors in June 1986, where she was deputy head, to head West Walker Primary School, east of Newcastle upon Tyne. She stayed there until July 2000. In June 1989 the school won an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects for its playground design, presented to Redfearn and a pupil by Charles III. then the Prince of Wales. In 1997, she became the first headteacher to receive the prize for Public Management Leadership from the Office for Public Management.

Image details
Date: 23 September 2018
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Focal Length: 300mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 800
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