Sir Kevin Joseph Satchwell is a British educator who is headmaster of

Thomas Telford School Thomas Telford School (commonly referred to as TTS) is a City Technology College in Telford, Shropshire and is sponsored by The Mercers Company and Tarmac Holdings Limited. Prior to 2016 the mixed ability school ranked as the top performing com ...

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and the founding Chief Executive (CEO) to the Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust (TTMAT). Satchwell was born in

Wednesbury Wednesbury () is a market town in Sandwell in the county of West Midlands, England. It is located near the source of the River Tame. Historically part of Staffordshire in the Hundred of Offlow, at the 2011 Census the town had a population of ...

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, the son of Joseph and Pauline Satchwell. He was educated at Wodensborough High School, Wednesbury Boys' High School,

Shoreditch College of Technology Shoreditch is a district in the East End of London in England, and forms the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. Neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets are also perceived as part of the area. In the 16th century, Shoreditch was an imp ...

and the

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. He was knighted in 2001. In July 2010, Satchwell received an honorary doctorate from

Staffordshire University , mottoeng = Dare to know , type = Public , endowment = £70 million (2015) , administrative_staff = 1,375 , chancellor = Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford , vice_chancellor = Professor Martin Jones , ...

.Staffordshire University awards Kevin Satchwell an honorary doctorate

Personal life

In 1975, Satchwell married Maria Bernadette Grimes, the Headteacher of

Madeley Academy Madeley Academy (formerly Madeley Court School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Madeley in the English county of Shropshire. Previously a community school administered by Telford and Wrekin Council Telford a ...

; the couple have a son and a daughter.

References

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