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Oli McVeigh
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Secondary School Teacher of the Year 2024 - Pearson National Teaching Awards

Assistant Head Teacher
Director of English, Ethics and Performance
Mental Health advocate
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Fantastic weekend at the Pearson Teaching Awards this weekend. Honoured to have been awarded Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School!

A night that recognised the power of educators and a reminder of the impact we have on those we teach

#TeachingHeroes
Really great to be able to speak to @natashadevon.bsky.social today on @lbc.co.uk regarding the recent news articles about misogyny in education

#FUSTakesBoysSeriously
April 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reposted by Oli McVeigh
Thrilled to be delivering the kick off workshop at the UoPortsmouth on April 22 for the regional Boys Impact Hub, bringing together local stakeholders to address the gap in outcomes for FSM young men.
Spread the word …! And book your FREE place here: tinyurl.com/596345xs

@olimcv.bsky.social
tinyurl.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Reposted by Oli McVeigh
For most young men who are eligible for Free School Meals, retaking level 2 Maths and English at college is the next step after dissapointment at GCSE.

It would be wonderful if more colleagues from the Further Education sector could become involved with Boys' Impact

feweek.co.uk/we-cant-leav...
We can’t leave Andrew Tate to educate our working-class boys
The need to rethink how we support working-class boys has never been more urgent
feweek.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Reposted by Oli McVeigh
Just a third of secondary school teachers are male — the lowest proportion since records began — prompting calls for a targeted recruitment campaign to bring more positive role models for boys into the classroom

🔓 This story is free to read
Classroom crisis: number of male secondary teachers at record low
Men make up only a third of staff at secondary schools, down from nearly half 30 years ago, amid fears that boys are turning to less positive role models such as Andrew Tate
www.thetimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Delighted to have featured in @thetimes.com article regarding the decrease in the number of male teachers entering the profession. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Classroom crisis: number of male secondary teachers at record low
Men make up only a third of staff at secondary schools, down from nearly half 30 years ago, amid fears that boys are turning to less positive role models such as Andrew Tate
www.thetimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Fantastic weekend at the Pearson Teaching Awards this weekend. Honoured to have been awarded Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School!

A night that recognised the power of educators and a reminder of the impact we have on those we teach

#TeachingHeroes
December 3, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Delighted to have been able to speak to @bigissue.com about the Taking Boys Seriously Programme and what we are doing to support them both locally and nationally! #TakingBoysSeriously #MentalHealth
Oli McVeigh won Teacher of the Year at the Pearson National Teaching Awards for pioneering a mentorship program for boys on masculinity and mental health.

He explains why starting “difficult conversations” with young boys on the topic of mental health is crucial. ⬇️
https://buff.ly/4icznnW
December 1, 2024 at 6:21 PM