Alan Davies (headmaster) explained

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convicted of false accounting (fraud), and given a 12-month suspended sentence.[2] [3] Consequently, his knighthood was rescinded in 2014.[4] In 2019 he was ordered to pay back £1.4 Million he obtained through illegal bonuses to the local authority.[5]

Notes and 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. News: Press Association. Former headteacher sentenced for false accounting. The Guardian. 3 October 2013 . 19 May 2014.
  3. News: Head teacher Sir Alan Davies avoids jail over fraud. BBC News. 3 October 2013. 19 May 2014.
  4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27518504 Copland School ex head teacher stripped of knighthood
  5. Web site: Lydall . Anthony France, Ross . 2019-02-21 . Shamed superhead must pay back £1.4m he stole from council . 2024-03-10 . Evening Standard . en.

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