Alan Seymour Davies

Alan Seymour Davies (born 21 February 1947) is a former headmaster (so-called "superhead") of Copland Community School and Technology Centre Foundation 1988–2009.[1] In 2000, he was made a Knight Bachelor for services to education.

In 2013, Davies was convicted of false accounting (fraud), and given a 12-month suspended sentence.[2][3] As a result, his knighthood was rescinded in 2014.[4]

References

  1. ↑ ‘DAVIES, Sir Alan (Seymour)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 16 May 2014
  2. ↑ Press Association. "Former headteacher sentenced for false accounting". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "BBC News - Head teacher Sir Alan Davies avoids jail over fraud". Bbc.co.uk. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Copland School ex head teacher stripped of knighthood BBC News, 22 May 2014.
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