Our judges were truly impressed with the different ways that Hollyfast Primary School celebrated student voice, and the roles they offer to promote leadership and ensure young people feel empowered.
Outwood Academy Shafton’s efforts to promote democracy and help students understand the democratic process is what really stood out to the judge. We loved seeing how Outwood Academy Shafton used student voice to make a real difference in their school.
Maria impressed our judges by showing how she’d used her voice to stand up for what she believed in. She's made a huge difference to bullying in her school and continues to stand up for herself and those around her.
Vieran blew the judges away with how he used his voice to support his school and his community. As the founder of the Youth Carers Society and co-founder of the South Asian Society, Vieran used his knowledge and personal experience to make a real difference in his school.
It’s clear that Outwood Grange students are heard far and wide - and that the school is doing everything it can to make that happen.
Godolphin Junior School's hard work ensuring students' voices were heard consistently and meaningfully earned them their silver award this year!
St Peter's School's approach to bullying showed how dedicated they are in taking young people’s thoughts and experiences seriously.
Our Judges were particularly inspired by how Boundary Oak Academy supported charities and issues that students care about.
Zaphaneth’s men’s mental health initiative is what really stood out to our judges, as his “Bro Lunch” aimed to eliminate stigmas around men’s mental health and men seeking professional help.
From running assemblies on climate change to representing her school as an Eco-Ambassador, Petra has used her voice to make a difference.
Tai’Bat’s work to teach others about issues women face, while working on the committees for both the Afro-Caribbean Society and Muslim Students’ Association shows the broad scope of people she’s using her voice to support.
Hanan has also used her voice to help save the planet, as she raised awareness and educated other students on this important issue. Well deserving of our Bronze medal!
Harvey’s work as a peer mentor along with his work breaking down stigmas around mental health - particularly for Black boys - shows just how impactful student voice can be.
After working in education for over 20 years, Nic set up Global Equality Collective (GEC) to address 'one of the biggest issues in education' - diversity and inclusion.
As Head of Partnerships at My Life My Say, Dan is building a coalition of organisations working to ensure that all young people get their voices heard at the next general election.
Hayden founded Unloc at the age of 16, building it to reach over 20,000 young people every year. He is passionate about supporting other young people from disadvantaged communities.
Eden is a social activist from Northern Ireland and Ambassador for I Have a Voice.
Hannah has worked in youth advocacy at charities like Global Citizen and Save the Children. Currently Girl Voice Lead at Girlguiding, she is empowering girls and young women to have their voices heard in politics.
Emma-Jane is Events and Engagement Lead at Voice 21, the national oracy education charity. She leads on programme development and speaker selection for their flagship events The Speaking Summit and Great Oracy Exhibition, as well as external events such as a recent partnership with TEDx Youth.
There are four categories to our National Student Voice Awards
Any school or student or 18 is welcome to apply, whether you're subscribed to VotesforSchools or not!
Absolutely! We encourage students to celebrate their personal achievements. Simply click on the 'nominate a student' link and then 'nominate myself'. But don't forget to leave a teacher's contact details so we know how to get in touch!
The winning schools will receive a free one-year subscription to VotesforSchools as well as a certificate, profile on our website and other VotesforSchools goodies.
The winning students will get a £50 Amazon voucher as well as a certificate, profile on our website and other VotesforSchools goodies!
Winners will be chosen from both Primary and Secondary schools.
Schools are judged on how they encourage student voice and the impact that it's had within the school community, while students are judged on how they've used their voice and the positive change it caused!
All applications are read by our VotesforSchools team and the finalists in each category are sent to our independent panel of judges. All applications are anonymised before going to the judges and our judges will give each application a score out of 20 and we work out the winners from there!
Click on the links above and fill out our short form to nominate your schools, a student or yourself.
Note: You cannot save the form and continue at a later date, so you may wish to save copies of your answers in case you don't finish.
Click below to see the amazing achievements of our previous years' winners.