Andria Zafirakou
Andria Zafirakou won the Global Teacher Prize in 2018, using the $1 million prize to set up Artists in Residence, a charity that brings professional artists into disadvantaged schools across the UK. In 2019, she was appointed an MBE for her services to education.
Videos
Andria Zafirakou: Those Who Can, Teach: What it Takes to Make the Next Generation |5x15 & Big Change
Andria Zafirakou, a teacher at Alperton Community School in Brent, won $1 million when she was crowned the best teacher in the world by the Varkey Foundation. Andria was born in north-west London to Greek-Cypriot parents and state-educated in Brent and Camden. She is now an art and textiles teacher
Past Events
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Join us for a night of wild ideas, provocations and short performances from an array of Hay Festival stars, teasing bold new work and big thinking
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After a year of homeschooling and no exams, it’s time to ask big questions about education. What do we want to hold onto, what must we get back to, and what needs a rethink?