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
Nyholm Prize for Education
Recognising inspirational, innovative and dedicated individuals or teams making a substantial and sustained impact within education.
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Team Prize for Excellence in Higher Education
Recognising teams or collaborations who have had a positive impact on students at higher education.
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Team Prize for Excellence in Primary Education
Recognising teams or collaborations who have had a positive impact on primary level pupils.
Closed
Team Prize for Excellence in Secondary and Further Education
Recognising teams or collaborations who have had a positive impact on students at secondary and/or further education levels.
Closed
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