Updated: 9:28 AM May 5, 2021 Rob Thorp has taken Hitchin Boys' students all over the world on expeditions, including South Africa, Malaysia, Costa Rica and Malawi - Credit: Hitchin Boys' School A popular teacher at a Hitchin school has been nominated for a national award. Hitchin Boys' Rob Thorp, who has been teaching biology at the school for 16 years, has been shortlisted in the Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School category at the Pearson National Teaching Awards for 2021. Biology teacher Rob Thorp, who has been at Hitchin Boy's for 16 years, has been shortlisted for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School at the Pearson National Teaching Awards for 2021