Every day, in every school, there is something to celebrate about education. That small moment between a teacher and a child that makes the day better for both, that new idea put in place in a classroom that suddenly clicks, that school-wide initiative that is boosting outcomes, that trust-wide experiment that is going to transform the system - it all matters and we should be shouting about it more.
That’s why Tes runs the Tes Schools Awards each year. We believe not only that the work schools do needs to be celebrated, but that it should be shared, too.
Across our 21 award categories, we have tried to offer as many opportunities as possible for schools and trusts to be part of the awards. And because it is free to enter, and because we have kept the task of applying as workload-light as we can, we believe it is as accessible as it can possibly be, too.
New Tes awards for MATs
This year’s awards introduce two new awards for multi-academy trusts, and we are thrilled that Sir Steve Lancashire and Sir David Carter have come on board to judge these categories (you can find out more here).
However, as many of you will know, Sir Tim Brighouse, a long-time Tes Schools Awards judge and hugely loved figure in the sector, died at the end of last year. Tim absolutely loved judging the community award and, for this year, we will be handing out this award in his honour, renaming it the Sir Tim Brighouse Community Engagement Initiative of the Year award for 2024. We will also be paying tribute to Sir Tim at the ceremony in June.
The pressures on education are acute and we, of course, need to campaign for those pressures to be alleviated, but we also need to celebrate the amazing work schools and those who work in them do, day in and day out.
Our hope is that the awards can be a fantastic way to do just that - so please take a look at our awards pages and apply before the deadline of 22 March 2024.
Schools tend to be very humble places but now is the time to speak up and be proud.
The Tes Schools Awards are open for entries from now until 22 March 2024. There are 21 categories and it is free to enter. You can find more information here
