The 50 Special Merit Awards of £1,000* each have been awarded to schools that submitted excellent proposals, but were not chosen as finalists. To see their proposals please use the links below (proposals will appear in a popup window).

3-11 Category

Acorns Primary School	Warwickshire
Ae Primary School	Dumfries and Galloway
Alvaston Junior School	Derbyshire
Antony C of E Primary School	Cornwall
Aylesbury Grammar School	Buckinghamshire
Belmont Primary	Cleveland
Berridge Infant & Nursery School	Nottinghamshire
Bishopstone CE Primary School	Wiltshire
Camelsdale First School	West Sussex
Durham Gilesgate Primary School	County Durham
Greenleas Primary School	Merseyside
Harrietsham School	Kent
Holbeton Primary	Devon
Homefields Primary School	Derbyshire
Inverteign Community Primary School	Devon
Latymer Prep School	Greater London
Littledean CofE Primary School	Gloucestershire
Pontygof Primary School	Gwent
Portsmouth High School Junior Dept	Hampshire
Salen Primary School	Strathclyde
Sandfield Close Primary School	Leicestershire
Scoraig 5-14 School	Highland
South Parade Primary School	West Yorkshire
St Anne's and St Joseph's R.C.P.	Lancashire
St Michael's School	Hertfordshire
The Bronte School	Kent
The Royal Latin School	Buckinghamshire
West Drayton Primary School	Greater London
William Patten Primary School	Greater London
Wood Bank School	West Yorkshire

11-16 Category

Ashford School	Kent
Aylesford Sports College	Kent
bridge_academy	Greater London
Cottenham Village College	Cambridgeshire
Hounsdown School	Hampshire
Jo Richardson Community School	Greater London
John Scottus	Dublin
Marlwood School	Gloucestershire
Newstead Wood School	Kent
Perth Academy	Tayside
Reading School	Berkshire
South Dartmoor Community College	Devon
The James Young High School	Lothian
The Kingswinford School	West Midlands
Upton Hall School	Merseyside
Weavers school	Northamptonshire

16-19 Category

Abbots Bromley School	Staffordshire
Ashmole School	Greater London
St Julian's High School	Gwent
The Robert Smyth School	Leicestershire

* or equivalent in Euros