NEA 2025 Entry Form

Criteria: For this award we are looking for individuals or teams who have created a sense of enthusiasm about the study of English – among students and also among colleagues – while also delivering excellent results.

Criteria: The winner of this award will be an individual or a team that brings passion and enthusiasm to sport and games, either in school time or extra-curricular. We are looking for someone who inspires students to engage in sport and lead active lives, and who is inspiring positive change in the school community and beyond.

Criteria: This award recognises a school or college that puts the focus on health, whether that’s through healthy eating options, an inclusive and varied PE and sports programme, or an approach to wellbeing that ensures everyone is feeling good and has somewhere to turn if they need it.

Criteria: For this award we are looking for individuals or teams who have created a sense of enthusiasm about the study of Maths – among students and also among colleagues – while also delivering excellent results.

Criteria: For this award we are looking for a team or individual who helps children and young people develop STEM skills and applies these across the curriculum, innovates and engages the whole educational establishment, with measured successes and outcomes and is a shining example of excellent teaching of STEM.

Criteria: For this award we are looking for a successful and truly inspirational headteacher. In your submission please detail all the elements that make them a fantastic leader, including staff development and wellbeing, academic and other achievements, and community engagement.

Criteria: This award will honour an outstanding leader in education, someone who has dedicated their life to the enhancement of an institution/organisation and advancing the field of education. They will have demonstrated innovation, advocacy and career achievements that have improved the education sector. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to an individual whose long-term efforts, dedication, and sustained commitment has made a difference to their school or college and the students.

Criteria: This award will go to a primary school that has had an exceptional performance in the previous 12 months, or one that has experienced rapid improvement or maintained continued excellence over a longer period. The judges want to see more than academic achievement and are looking for entries that demonstrate innovation, imagination and efforts to develop children in ways that go beyond the league tables. Please provide evidence to support the entry, this can be inspection reports, parent testimonials, data analysis or anything else you feel would be relevant.

Criteria: This award will go to a secondary school that has had an exceptional performance in the previous 12 months, or one that has experienced rapid improvement or maintained continued excellence over a longer period. The judges want to see more than academic achievement and are looking for entries that demonstrate innovation, imagination and efforts to develop students in ways that go beyond league tables. Please provide evidence to support the entry, this can be inspection reports, parent testimonials, data analysis or anything else you feel would be relevant.

Criteria: For this award we are looking for a school whose staff and children are at the heart of everything they do. A school that works as a team to help SEND children to achieve their full potential. A school whose staff are caring, knowledgeable, dedicated and passionate about supporting children with special needs. Please provide evidence to support the entry, this can be inspection reports, parent testimonials, data analysis or anything else you feel would be relevant.

Criteria: For this award we are looking to recognise an individual or a team that is on a mission to save the planet, someone who is engaging students and members of school staff in their mission and who is inspiring positive change in the school community and beyond.

Criteria: For this award we are looking for someone who has not only embraced technology within the education setting, but who has found ways to inspire others to recognise and take advantage of the possibilities IT opens up. The award will go to someone who has been creative and innovative and made the most of the opportunities to introduce technology that delivers increased efficiency or that leads to improved educational outcomes.

Criteria: This award recognises those individuals that make all the difference to the running of a school or college but whose efforts may seem to go unnoticed. The nominee could be a teacher, teaching assistant, caretaker or administrator – anyone who regularly goes above and beyond what is expected of them for the good of the organisation as a whole. The winner will be someone who’s dedication and commitment have made a real difference to the day-to-day lives of everyone around them.

Criteria: For this award we are looking for someone who truly believes in equality, diversity and inclusion within the education sector. This person will have found ways to ensure a fair school or college experience for everyone, and will have inspired others to think more about what can be done to make people feel included. The award will go to someone who has shown a commitment to driving improvements in all aspects of life within their school or college.