Dame Helen Hyde

Dame Helen Hyde studied at Witwatersrand University South Africa, King’s College London, and the Centre for Holocaust Studies at the Institute of Education London.

A career in teaching culminated in becoming Head teacher of Watford Grammar School for Girls.  She has been an External Advisor to School Governors and an Executive Mentor to a number of Head teachers. She continues to advise Headteachers and is a trustee of a Multi Academy Trust She teaches the Kindertransport and Holocaust programs in a number of schools. She leads adult educational visits to Holocaust touched countries. 

Helen is a Fellow of the Imperial War Museum.  She is a Trustee of the Holocaust Education Trust, and the Foundation for Jewish Heritage. She was appointed a Holocaust commissioner and sat on the Educational Advisory Board of the National Holocaust Commission. 

She organises a large annual Holocaust Conference for senior students. 

Helen is Patron Director of the Rwandan Sisterhood supporting African Women and works with survivors of the genocide and deprived women in Kigali and Zimbabwe.  She is a patron and trustee of the One Vision Charity and spends several days a week working at their HUB organising daily meals for those in need. 

In 2012, Helen was made Dame Commander of the British Empire for services to national education and Holocaust education and in 2018 she was presented with an Honorary Doctor of Education by the University of Hertfordshire.