Winners 2026

Best Use of AI in Education
Winner: Edu Intelligence
- Edu Intelligence
- FlashAcademy
- Gaia Learning (Bloom)
- InfoHash – Smart AI Attendance
- Pearson – Revise Exam Practice Assistant
- PG Online – CREST – ClearRevise Exam Study Tutor
- Robin Education
- stylus

Sustainability and Net Zero Award
Winner: Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Highly Commended:
LinkyThinks
- Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- LinkyThinks
- Notts Sport – CocoTurf®
- Oxford University Press – Oxford International Curriculum for Sustainability

Evidence and Impact Award
Winner: Olex.AI
Highly Commended:
Lawn Tennis Association
Sponsored by 
- Auris Tech / Fonetti
- Blackout Education
- Chatty Toolbox
- Lawn Tennis Association
- Literacy Tree
- Olex.AI
- Sumdog – Sumdog Maths
- Teachmate

Outstanding Support Service
Winner: MagicBooking
Highly Commended:
Robin Education
- Concero Education Technology
- Handsam
- Jigsaw Education Group
- MagicBooking
- Robin Education
- SCG Together
- School Business Services
- SMARTcurriculum Analytics

Outstanding Educational Furniture and Equipment
Winner: Gratnells – CloudCubby™
Highly Commended:
Early Excellence
- Early Excellence
- Gratnells – CloudCubby™
- Promethean – ActivPanel 10
- Wall Art by Promote Your School

Outstanding Early Years Resource or Service
Winner: myHappymind
- Literacy Counts – Ready Steady Write
- Millhouse (Part of Spaceright Europe) – Millhouse Storytelling Tree
- myHappymind
- Pupil Pathways – StepIntoSchool
- Tapestry Childhood Education Platform

Person of the Year
Winner: Dr Jon Chippindall
Sponsored by 
- Elizabeth Anderson, CEO, Digital Poverty Alliance
- Sam Austen, Business Development Director, The Day
- Dr Esther Borrett, Founder and Developer, RESTA
- Dr Jon Chippindall, Co-Founder, Teachmate
- Dr Anita Devi, CEO and Co-Founder, TeamADL
- Dr Soha Tarek, SENCO and Head of Inclusion, Eton Academy

Start-up of the Year
Winner: Pedalogic – Pageticker
Sponsored by 
- Admicity
- Fruitify
- Learning Way London – Learning Way Plus®
- Pedalogic – Pageticker
- Student Radar

Outstanding Training and Career Development
Winner: Tes Institute – Straight to Teaching
Highly Commended:
edt
- Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- edt
- eduthing
- Literacy Tree
- Speech & Language Link – The Link Speech & Language CPD
- Tes Institute – Straight to Teaching
- The National College – Professional Development and People Development Memberships
- VESPA Academy

Outstanding SEND Resource or Service
Winner: Speech & Language Link – Infant Language Link
Highly Commended:
B Squared – SENDcast
- B Squared – SENDcast
- Cherry Garden School and Tapestry – Cherry Garden Branch Maps
- Creative Activity – Senso Cube™
- Different Class – DCPro AP Attendance
- myHappymind
- No Isolation- AV1
- PAGS
- Speech & Language Link – Infant Language Link

Primary – Outstanding Assessment Resource
Winner: stylus
- B Squared – Connecting Steps
- Grammarsaurus – Spelling with Grammarsaurus
- Learning by Questions – Wayfinder
- NFER – NFER Assessments
- Seesaw
- stylus
- Winning With Numbers

Primary – Outstanding Curriculum Resource
Winner: myHappymind
- 2Simple – Purple Mash
- Charanga – Musical School
- Grammarsaurus
- Internet Matters – Digital Matters
- Jigsaw Education Group – Jigsaw PSHE 3-11
- Literacy Counts – Ready Steady Read Together
- Literacy Tree
- myHappymind
- The Literacy Company – Pathways Literacy

Secondary – Outstanding Curriculum and Assessment Resource
Winner: Olex.AI
- Bedrock Learning
- Flash Learning
- Hachette Learning – Adaptive Revise
- Olex.AI
- PG Online – CREST – ClearRevise Exam Study Tutor
- The Day
- The EverLearner

School and Supplier Collaboration
Winner: Amazing People Schools – LEO Academy Trust and Virtual Soccer Schools
Highly Commended:
The Engagement Platform and Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- Amazing People Schools – LEO Academy Trust and Virtual Soccer Schools
- AT Superstore and Kirklees Council
- iplicit Education and Active Learning Trust
- Judicium Education and Griffin Schools Trust
- Peters and Stanton Cross Primary School
- SAM Learning and Leigh Academies Trust
- The Engagement Platform and Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- VESPA Academy and E-ACT

Exporter of the Year
Winner: FlashAcademy
- Best Practice Network
- Etio
- FlashAcademy
- Learning Resources
- MathsWatch
- TTS

Rising Star
Winner: Phoebe Ng
- Sophie Bradley, Founder, Spike’s Sight Words
- Victoria Edgar, Sales & Partnerships Director, Auris Tech / Fonetti
- Ryley Francis, Senior Field Engineer, eduthing
- Alex Gutteridge, Marketing Manager, National Foundation for Educational Research
- Natalie Jubb, Policy and Public Affairs Lead, Digital Poverty Alliance
- Finola Kirrane, In-House Content and Design Specialist, Orso Publishing
- Jamie Livingston, School Estates & Sustainability Mentor, iAM Compliant
- Phoebe Ng, Co-founder/Head of Marketing, Excelas

Team of the Year
Winner: Findel – Customer Experience Team
- Findel – Customer Experience Team
- Learn French With Alexa
- myHappymind
- Orso Publishing – In-House Content Team
- Rethink Maths – Founding Team
- Robin Education
- stylus
- The Literacy Company

Women in Education Award
Winner: Jane Mann
Highly Commended:
Dr. Ona Newton, Founder, RLKids and CEO, Tobams Group
- Emily Bell, Head of Schools Relationships, Hachette Learning
- Kat Cauchi, Community Engagement Manager, NetSupport
- Dawn Hallybone, COO, 2Simple
- Jane Mann, Managing Director, Partnership for Education and Education Director, International Education Group, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- Helen Newies, Director of Product and Services, Maths Circle
- Dr. Ona Newton, Founder, RLKids and CEO, Tobams Group
- Lana Stoyles, Executive Director, Nexus Multi Academy Trust

Best Place to Work
Winner: eduthing
Highly Commended:
The Dryad Education Group
- eduthing
- Findel Education
- Learning Resources
- The Dryad Education Group
- Widgit Software

Inspirational Leader
Winner: Kim Antoniou
- Kim Antoniou, Founder and CEO, Auris Tech / Fonetti
- Simon Hill, Managing Director, YPO
- Ilesh Kotecha, Founder and CEO, Technical One
- Chris Mahady, CEO, Findel
- Patrick McGrath, Head of Education, Everway (formerly Texthelp)
- Alexa Polidoro, Co-Owner and Creative Director, Learn French With Alexa