UK teacher wins global best teacher prize | BBC News

A teacher from north London has been announced as winner of a competition to find the world’s best teacher.

Andria Zafirakou, who teaches art and textiles in a Brent secondary school, has won a prize worth $1m (£720,000).She has spoken of the hardship and overcrowded housing conditions facing many of her pupils.

But in accepting the prize, she called for more support for the “power of the arts” in school, particularly for the “poorest communities”.

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