Education prizes
Celebrating inspirational, innovative, and dedicated people working at all levels of education.

Our Excellence in Education Prizes celebrate educators in primary, secondary, further education and higher education – including teachers, technicians and more. These prizes recognise a wide range of skills – from curriculum design to effective teaching, and from personal development to working culture. This category includes specific prizes for teams and for those in the early stages of their career.
Our prizes
Early Career Prize for Excellence in Higher Education
Recognising inspirational, innovative and dedicated people in the first five years of their career in higher education.
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Early Career Prize for Excellence in Primary Education
Recognising inspirational, innovative and dedicated people in the first five years of their career in primary education.
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Early Career Prize for Excellence in Secondary and Further Education
Recognising inspirational, innovative and dedicated people in the first five years of their career in secondary or further education.
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Excellence in Higher Education Prize
Recognising inspirational, innovative and dedicated people working in higher education.
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Excellence in Primary Education Prize
Recognising inspirational, innovative and dedicated people working in primary education.
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Excellence in Secondary and Further Education Prize
Recognising inspirational, innovative and dedicated people working in secondary or further education.
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Horizon Prizes for Education
Celebrating ground-breaking innovations and initiatives that mark a step-change in science education.
Our Horizon Prizes for Education highlight recent initiatives that are set to make a real impact within the field of education. These could include teaching programmes or techniques, research breakthroughs, innovative technologies and more.
Nominations for these prizes are now open and will close at 17:00 GMT on 17 June 2025