Recognising & Rewarding Education Pioneers Across the Industry
3RD DECEMBER 2025 | HOUSE OF LORDS, LONDON
Headline Sponsor
Presented By
The National Schools Awards | 3rd December 2025
Taking place on 3rd December 2025 at the House of Lords, the National Schools Awards will bring together over 250 education pioneers to recognise, celebrate and reward senior leaders, schools and multi-academy trusts for their dedication and hard work over the year.
Our annual ceremony returns to the heart of Westminster, at the prestigious House of Lords, with 8 spectacular award categories.
The ceremony is proudly brought to you by the Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL) and the Schools & Academies Show.
National Schools Award 2025 Categories
The National Schools Awards is presented in 8 categories.
School Business Leader of the Year
Leadership Team of the Year
School of the Year
EdTech Innovator of the Year
Governor of the Year
SEND Leader of the Year
Estates Management of the Year
MAT of the Year
Our Previous Award Winners
Headline Sponsor: Reed
“For the past couple of years, the teaching industry has felt the wrath of the pandemic, with ongoing absences and isolation requirements disrupting education for children and resulting in teachers feeling stretched out.
Therefore, we’re delighted this year to be sponsoring the National Schools Awards 2025, to reward the hard work and dedication of teaching professionals who have gone above and beyond, despite recent events.
Now more than ever it’s vital that education professionals are recognised and rewarded for their commitment, and by sponsoring these awards, we at Reed can show our appreciation.”
Gavin Beart, Divisional Managing Director for Education – Reed
National Schools Awards 2025 Agenda
The plans for the evening will follow the timings below:
6:00pm – Registration and Event Open
6:30pm – 7:15pm – Drinks Served
7:15pm – Ceremony Starts
7:15pm – 8pm – Award Ceremony
8pm – Ceremony Finishes
8pm – 9:00pm – Drinks and Canapes Served
9:00pm – Event Closes
Testimonials
“It is such an honour to be recognised in this specialised area and to be acknowledge by my peers at ISBL for my contribution to School Business Leadership at a National level; it is certainly a day I will always remember.”
- Angela Ogden
Director of Business Services, St Damian’s Roman Catholic Science College
“We were absolutely delighted to have won the Leadership Team of the Year category at the National Schools Awards in November. It was such an honour to be have just been shortlisted!”
- Helen Nelson
Headteacher
Joseph Cash Primary School
“The National School Awards recognise the skill, commitment, and hard work it takes to deliver the best possible education, this is especially important in a time of such uncertainty.”
- Baroness Berridge
Former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System
The Venue
The House of Lords is one of the most iconic and prestigious venues in the capital, where better to recognise success, hard work and best practice? In the very heart of London, Big Ben, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey are all in eyesight, with even more of London’s many great amenities only footsteps away.
Address: Black Rods Entrance, House of Lords, Parliament Square, London, UK, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 0207 219 3000