Enter the Tes Awards for International Schools 2024

The Tes Awards for International Schools are your school's opportunity to shout about your triumphs and celebrate the teachers, staff and teams that are making a real difference to the lives of your students.

We want to celebrate your amazing work and achievements in the 2022-23 academic year.

Entry is free and is open until midnight (GMT) on Friday 10th November 2023 to all international schools outside of the UK that teach the British or International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum.


 Has your international school performed exceptionally over the past 12 months, improved rapidly, or maintained continued excellence? Then this award is for you. We’d like to hear about the innovative and imaginative things you’ve done to develop children in ways that go beyond academic achievements. 

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All schools benefit from great leadership – and if your international school has a successful and inspirational headteacher, we want to know. Headteachers can nominate themselves or they can be nominated by governors, the governing board, teaching staff or parents. If you’re nominating someone else, please check first that they’re happy to be put forward.   

We’d like to hear what makes you/your nominee a fantastic leader, including staff development and wellbeing, academic and other achievements, and community engagement. We want to know about all the aspects that go into creating a truly happy and successful international school. 

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Has your international school run an excellent initiative that involves working with external groups, such as parents and the local community, or collaborating with other schools, local businesses, universities or colleges? Perhaps you’ve collaborated in an environmental or wellbeing initiative with them? Please do tell us about it! 

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This title will be awarded to a teacher or school who demonstrates excellent use of technology. Teachers or schools can nominate themselves or teachers can be nominated by others, including governors, the governing board, teaching staff and parents. If you’re nominating someone else, please check first that they’re happy to be put forward.   

We’re looking for tangible evidence that the thoughtful and considered implementation of technology has had a positive impact on the educational outcomes of students. We’ll take into account the scope of the use of technology and the different aspects of school life and improvement it has influenced, as well as academic achievement. Please include any relevant data and case studies. 

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Has your international school developed some great wellbeing and mental health projects to support staff? Whether they’re whole-school initiatives or schemes that have benefitted specific targeted groups – we’d love to hear about them! 

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Has your international school or team developed great mental health projects that support students? Whether they’re whole-school initiatives or schemes that have benefitted specific targeted groups – we’d love to hear about them! 

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Have you or your team found an innovative way to teach your subject or curriculum that helps students to enjoy it and be successful? Then tell us about it! We’re looking for teachers and teams who’ve made children excited about studying their subjects within the curriculum and delivered excellent results. 

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Has your specialist / inclusive provision school (schools for students with SEND or emotional and behavioural difficulties, alternative provisions and pupil referral units) had a stand-out academic year in 2022-23?   

We’d like to hear about your successes and innovations – from improvements in attendance levels, staff retention, parental engagement or student success, to new ways you’ve supported students in their learning or helped them engage with the local community or businesses. Or perhaps you’ve achieved something different entirely? We’d love to know.

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All schools benefit from great leadership – and if your school has a successful and inspirational leader, we want to know. Leaders can nominate themselves or they can be nominated by governors, governing bodies, teaching staff or parents. If you’re nominating someone else, please check first that they’re happy to be put forward. The nominee does not have to be a principal or headteacher, we would like to hear about all leaders.  

We’d like to hear what makes you/your nominee a fantastic leader and how you/they go about creating a truly happy and successful school, including staff development and wellbeing, academic and other achievements, and community engagement.

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This category recognises and celebrates innovation, creativity and excellence in teaching practice within international schools. 

Has your international school implemented one or more initiatives that have significantly enriched the learning experiences of students? Tell us about the positive changes you've made that have had a real impact on student engagement and how they've benefitted everyone involved.

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The winner of this award will be someone who gives the very best support in the classroom and beyond. Assistants/support staff can nominate themselves or be nominated by others, including governors, the governing board, teaching staff and parents. If you’re nominating someone else, please check first that they’re happy to be put forward.   

We’d like to hear how you/your nominee works in partnership with teachers during lessons and how you/they provide support for learning outside of the classroom. We’d like to know how you/they foster students’ independence and collaborative working, and support students’ social and emotional development. Tell us how you/they develop and apply your/their knowledge and understanding of students' learning and development, students’ needs and best practices, and contribute to the wider work of the school community. 

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The award will be presented to a teacher or school who demonstrates excellence in environmental sustainability. Teachers or schools can nominate themselves or teachers can be nominated by others, including governors, the governing board, teaching staff and parents. If you’re nominating someone else, please check first that they’re happy to be put forward.   

We’re looking for tangible evidence that thoughtful and considered environmental sustainability has had a positive impact. We’ll take into account how the sustainability measures you/your nominee have implemented have impacted different aspects of school life.  

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Have you, your colleague, your team or your school developed and/or implemented diversity, equity and inclusion measures or projects that support a diverse student population, or enable better understanding and approaches among students towards diversity, equity and inclusion? Whether they’re whole-school initiatives or schemes that have benefitted specific targeted groups – we’d love to hear about them! 

The winner of this award could be an individual, a team or a school, if you’re nominating someone else, please check first that they’re happy to be put forward. 

This award was established because we believe that all young people deserve the right to succeed.

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