About

Who we are

Support for Scholarships, Projects and Workshops

The Trust was founded in 1961 by A S Hornby, an English Language Teaching (ELT) specialist best known for producing the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary , published by Oxford University Press. To this day we are funded by royalties from the dictionary and from related products, as well as by income from a professionally-managed investment portfolio.

Our charitable status

The chief object of the A S Hornby Educational Trust, as laid down in its Trust Deed, is to promote the teaching and learning of English as a Foreign Language, especially by providing scholarships and grants. Since 1961, the Trust has supported the professional development of a significant number of teachers in the Global South via individual scholarships to study on MA programmes in the UK (the ‘Hornby Scholars’ scheme), regional schools (‘Hornby Schools’) and via small-scale project funding to alumni and to Teacher Associations.

60th Anniversary 

The Hornby Education Trust  celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2021,  here are some photos  from our 50th Anniversary in 2011.   


The left hand photo is of the late Randolph Quirk, who sadly died in 2017.  Randolph is holding a copy of a book with a photo of A.S. Hornby.


The right hand photo was taken at an event at the British Council in November 2011, and includes current and former trustees and other colleagues, from left to right:

Secretary, Tricia Alfreds: 

Richard Smith, Trustee / Deputy Chair

Peter Collier, Trustee

Sid Bright, Accountant, Kingston Smith

Rosalyn Hurst, Trustee

Tony Cowie, Trustee

Randolph Quirk, former Trustee

Duncan Gwyther, Investment Adviser, Quilter

Roger Bowers, Trustee / Chair

Jenny Pugsley, Trustee

Ted Edmundson, Trustee

British Council ELTons Award for Outstanding Achievement for an Organisation

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  • British Council ELTons Award 2021

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We are delighted and proud to have won the British Council 2021 ELTons Outstanding Achievement Award for an organisation or collective.  The photos from the award ceremony show  Dr Harry Kuchah, Hornby Alumnus presenting the award to Hornby Chair, Caroline Moore, and Lauren Laverne, ELTons Award ceremony host.   A group of the 2021/22 Hornby Scholars also attended, along with several alumni and Professor Steve Mann. More photos are available here.

Photographs: Dave Poultney, In-Press Photography Ltd courtesy of the British Council
 

ELTons 2021 Event Recording

Our Trustees

Caroline Moore (Chair)
Susan Maingay (Deputy Chair)
Dr Bhaskar Chakravarti
Anita Manek (Treasurer)
Dr Martin Wedell 
Dr Amol Padwad 
Anna Searle 
Dr Harry Kuchah
Dr Neil Kemp 
Professor Graham Hall

The Trust benefits greatly from its long and well-established partnerships with the British Council and Oxford University Press.  Their contributions help sustain and extend the impact of the work carried out by the Trust.




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