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Educate Awards shortlist
announced!
5 Sefton schools are amongst the shortlist,
including:- Formby High School, Birkdale High School, Bishop David Sheppard
Primary School, St Oswald's C of E Primary and Netherton Moss Primary School
The awards, sponsored by Connex Education, is now in its 4th year and celebrate
the inspiring work that goes on inside and outside the School gates, awarding
the innovation, excellence and passion through many different award categories.
There are 19 award categories in total, including Outstanding Commitment to
Sport, Creative and Innovative Literacy and Teacher of the Year.
Leading the way and shortlisted in an incredible 4 award categories is
Southport primary school, Bishop David Sheppard. It is shortlisted for the
Community Partnership, Leadership Team of the Year, Innovative and Creative
Literacy and Science Project of the Year awards.
Formby High School is in the running for 1 of the nights most sought after
awards, Most Inspirational Secondary School.
Birkdale High School in Southport is 1 of 5 Schools shortlisted for the
Spirit of Enterprise award.
St Oswald's Primary in Bootle is shortlisted in both the Outstanding Teaching of
Life Skills and Outstanding Arts in a Primary School categories.
Netherton Moss Primary School is also in the running for the Outstanding Arts in
a Primary School award, and for the night's final recognition, the Wow Award,
given to a school which has created the 'wow factor' during the 2014
to 2015 academic
year.
The Educate Awards has grown from strength to strength since its introduction in
2012 and this year saw a record number of entries which, for the 1st time,
included submissions from schools in the boroughs of Lancashire and Cheshire.
The awards already accepts entries from schools in the Liverpool City Region
(Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, Wirral, St Helens and Halton).
This year, the difficult task of shortlisting the entries fell upon the esteemed
judging panel which includes football icon Robbie Fowler; Radio City breakfast
host Leanne Campbell; Olympian and managing director of Raise The Bar, Steve
Smith; Councillor Gary Millar, Liverpool's cabinet member for business,
enterprise and investment; Chris Walker; Lesley Martin Wright, chief executive of
Knowsley Chamber; Mark Beedles, managing director of Connex Education; Fiona
Barnet, director of The Foundry Agency; Andrew Pimbley of Claremont Farm and
Wirral's Farm Feast; and the education team at the respected Everyman and
Playhouse Theatres.
The judges remarked on the variety of entries across all 19 categories and the
exceptional standard of submissions. The passion and innovation showcased
throughout made choosing this year's shortlist the most difficult yet.
The winners will be announced at the annual
awards ceremony, which takes place on 20 November 2015, at Liverpool Cathedral.
Kim O'Brien, founder of the Educate Awards, says:- "We're delighted to
finally reveal the shortlisted schools ahead of the Educate Awards in November.
This year has been a bumper year not only for the number of entries but the
quality too. Each category was packed with inspiring projects and exciting
initiatives, which, from speaking to our judges made shortlisting the final line
up a very hard task!
Congratulations to all the schools shortlisted and thank you to each and every
school that submitted an entry this year. We're now one step closer to
presenting 19 special awards on 20 November!"
Associate sponsors at the awards include:- Adlib Solutions, Carillion plc, The
Foundry Agency, Paul Crowley and Co, Greater Merseyside Learning Providers'
Federation, Liverpool Hope University, Vivark, Schools 4 Health, eCadets, The
City of Liverpool College, MerseySTEM, NCS and Liverpool John Moores University.
Full shortlist...
Most Inspirational Primary School
Eldon Primary School
Halewood C of E Primary
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary
Barnton Community Primary
Leamington Community Primary
Most Inspirational Secondary School
Clare Mount Specialist Sport College
Wellfield High School
The Observatory School
Formby High School
Sir John Thursby Community College
Community Partnership Award
Bishop David Sheppard Primary School
Gateacre School
North Liverpool Academy
All Saints Catholic Primary
St Vincents School for Sensory Impairment
Outstanding Commitment to Sport in Primary School
All Saints Catholic Primary School
Billinge St Aidens C of E Primary School
Childwall C of E Primary
St Cecilias Catholic Junior School
Outstanding Commitment to Sport in Secondary School
Archbishop Blanch C of E School
Cowley International College
St Margarets Academy
Rainford High Technology College
Eco School Project of the Year
Bishop David Sheppard Primary School
Liverpool Life Sciences
Cowley International College
St Francis Xaviers College
Communication Award
Calderstones School
Leamington Community School
St Margarets Academy
The Liverpool Blue Coat School
Whitefield Primary
Teacher of the Year
Beth Harris, Archbishop Temple School
Peter Fearon, Bebington High Sports College
Mr O'Keefe, The Belvedere Academy
Mr Maloney, Holly Lodge Girls' College
Zoe Smith, Wellfield High School
Spirit of Enterprise Award
Birkdale High School
Liverpool Life Sciences
Rainford C of E Primary School
St Margarets Academy
Cowley International College
Innovative and Creative Literacy Award
Archbishop Blanch C of E School
Bishop David Sheppard Primary School
Gateacre School
The District CE Primary School
Whitefield Primary School
SEND Provision Award
Lakeside School
Rainford C of E Primary School
Springwood Heath Primary
The Observatory School
Whitefield Primary School
Science Project of the Year
Bishop David Sheppard Primary School
Gateacre School
Liverpool Life Sciences
Outstanding Arts in Primary School
Faith Primary School
Netherton Moss Primary
St Oswalds C of E Primary
Outstanding Arts in Secondary School
Archbishop Temple School
Holly Lodge Girls School
The Belvedere Academy
North Liverpool Academy
Career Aspiration Award
Archbishop Blanch C of E School
Bebington High School
Calderstones School
ESLA
Notre Dame Catholic College
WOW Recognition Award
Faith Primary School
Gateacre School
Netherton Moss Primary School
New Park Primary School
The Observatory School
Leadership Team of the Year
Bishop David Sheppard Primary
Formby High School
Kilgarth School
Outstanding Teaching of Life Skills
Archbishop Temple School
Bebington High School
Evelyn Community Primary
St Oswalds C of E Primary
Innovation in Education Award
Archbishop Blanch C of E School
Bebington High School
Flakefleet Primary School
The Observatory School
To see the shortlist in full, please visit:-
EducateAwards.Co.UK.
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