UK teacher named world's best teacher

Andria Zafirakou received the $1m prize at a ceremony in Dubai on Sunday

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A north London teacher was announced as the first British winner of a prize for the world’s best teacher in Dubai last night. The finalists were drawn from more than 30,000 nominations in 173 countries.

Andria Zafirakou, an arts and textiles teacher from Alperton community school in Brent, was presented with the fourth annual Varkey Foundation Global Teacher prize, which is worth $1m (£720,000).

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