Professor Ted Wragg dies

Professor Ted Wragg, much-loved educationalist, speaker and writer, suffered a heart attack and died on November 10th. See the Education Guardian Obituary.

Lord Puttnam, Chair of the Teaching Awards Trust, of which Professor Wragg was a trustee, said: ‘In a world short of 'big' men Ted Wragg filled the frame in every way possible. His generosity of spirit, his appetite for life, his intellect, his use of humour, his commitment and most of all his optimism, makes him genuinely irreplaceable. Over the next few weeks the trustees of the Teaching Awards will be looking at a variety of ways in which, in the years to come, we can recognise and celebrate Ted’s legacy. Ted’s dreams can now only be realised through the efforts of those hundreds, or more likely thousands of us who share, not just his values, but also his enormous ambition for the future of education in Britain.’

Edward Conrad Wragg, a former teacher and headteacher, retired from Exeter University's school of education in 2003 after 32 years. He had remained emeritus professor there and had continued as a writer, lecturer, broadcaster and adviser. He is survived by his wife, Judith, his mother, Maria, and three children Josie, Caroline and Chris. Our thoughts are with his family.

The above appeared in the Teaching Awards e-brief for November 2005