Barry Day is the Principal of the Nottingham Academy. He was awarded the OBE in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Day was also appointed one of the National College for School Leadership’s National Leaders of Education in October 2007.
In 2008, Day received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Education from Nottingham Trent University in recognition of his outstanding work to raise the aspirations and attainment of young people in the city of Nottingham, reflecting not only his success in transforming Greenwood Dale School in Nottingham but also his broader influence in raising educational standards nationally.
Since the Opening of the Academy, he left his post as Head of Greenwood Dale (now the site of the Academy's Sixth Form College) to become Principal of the entire five-site Academy.
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