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Each year 50 schools are awarded a Special Merit Award of £1,000. The awards are made to schools that provide a well planned entry that shows innovation and will provide a real benefit to schience teaching and learning. The Special Merit Award winners are used as the shortlist for selecting each year's Finalist teams.

The Special Merit Awards are made three times during the year: at the start of the spring term, at the start of the summer term and at the end of the summer term.

Special Merit Award Winners June 2010

School / CollegeStaff memberLocation
Barton Court Grammar SchoolClaire Hayles Canterbury 
Barton Court Grammar SchoolJohn Reay Canterbury 
Beechwood Primary SchoolKelly Mayles Luton Bedfordshire
Burnage Media ArtsIan Pindar Manchester 
Cedar Mount High SchoolHannah Kingston Manchester 
Cottingham Croxby Primary SchoolEileen Kilby Hull 
Gladesmore Community SchoolKaren Gill London 
Grange View Church of England Voluntary Controlled First SchoolLauren Chapman Widdrington, Morpeth
Hinchingbrooke SchoolRuby Rana Huntingdon 
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre Mary Wong Hove
Kings' School, WinchesterBen Kenward Winchester Hampshire
Kingsley CollegeClaire Plumpton Redditch 
Mill Hill SchoolDaniel Powell Ripley Derbyshire
Mulberry School for GirlsDeborah Colvin London  
Richard Huich CollegeAmanda Hawkins Taunton Somerset
Sacred Heart High SchoolEmma Plunkett London 
Sir John LawesGreg Brennan Harpenden Hertfordshire
St Pius X Catholic High SchoolMargaret Rae Rotherham South Yorkshire
The Meadows Community SchoolDenise Marsden Chesterfield
The Wavell School Sue Gaskell  Farnborough Hampshire
Whalley Range High SchoolMamet Amfo-Brobbey Manchester
Wilmslow High SchoolNickie Asha Wilmslow 
Wood Green High SchoolHema Bisht Wednesbury 
Worthing College Alan White Worthing West Sussex

Special Merit Award Winners May 2010

 

School / CollegeStaff memberLocation
Bay House SchoolNikki OwenGosport
Beresford Memorial First SchoolAmanda LeeseLeek, Staffordshire
Coopers Technology CollegePaul ThomasChislehurst, Kent
Exeter Road Community Primary SchoolRobin JamesExmouth, Devon
Hopwood Hall CollegeRebecca LeeManchester
Methodist CollegeFionnuala QuinnBelfast
Mill Strand Integrated Primary SchoolDeirdre DohertyPortrush, County Antrim
Nower Hill High SchoolJanine SabbaghHarrow
South Camden Community SchoolLinda DevoLondon
Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary SchoolKaren WilliamsStaunton-on-Wye, Hereford
Trent Valley AcademyHazel EvansGainsborough, Lincolnshire

Special Merit Award Winners January 2010

 

School / CollegeStaff memberLocation
Harrow High School and Sports CollegeScott WakelinLondon
Jordanhill SchoolJohn AndersonGlasgow
Leicester CollegeNigel Hudson-DeansLeicester
Manor Court Community Primary SchoolAbigail KennyChard, Somerset
Parkside Community CollegeSteve HinshelwoodCambridge
Pinfold Primary SchoolSue FieldingOrmskirk, Lancashire
Ponteland Community High SchoolStephen YatesNewcastle Upon Tyne
Queen Elizabeth's Community CollegeNick BakerCrediton, Devon
St Matthew's RC High SchoolBarry WildeManchester
Swallow Hill Community CollegeJonathan MaudeLeeds
Walderslade Girls' SchoolSusana TomazChatham, Kent