Winners announced for BESA’s Education Resources Awards

The winners of this year’s Education Resources Awards (ERAs) have been announced at the gala awards ceremony dinner, held at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham.

Organised by Brilliant Marketing Solutions and the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), the ERAs are firmly established as the premier annual event to celebrate outstanding success for the suppliers and teaching professionals of the education sector throughout the UK.

The Education Resources Awards highlight the quality and diversity of educational products and resources, excellent educational establishments and the most dedicated members of the teaching profession and supplies industry, all working together to encourage the very best in education.

For the first time this year, the ERAs also celebrated the best ‘Collaboration between school and supplier’, and the best ‘Start-up of the year’ for the second time.

Patrick Hayes, director of BESA and Chair of the judging panel, said: “Winning an ERA is a clear sign to the education sector that you are leading the way, with the awards widely recognised by schools, local authorities and across the industry.

“The competition was of a high calibre, as always, and all finalists should be very proud. On behalf of BESA, I warmly congratulate the ERAs winners!”

The Education Resources Awards 2018 winners are:

Early Years Resource or Equipment
Winner: Hope Education: Magicubes
Highly commended: Mighty Writer: Mighty Writer

Primary Resource or Equipment – Non-ICT
Winner: Mighty Writer: Mighty Writer

Primary Resource or Equipment – Curriculum learning resources including ICT
Winner: Ohbot: Ohbot Robot
Highly commended: Gooseberry Planet: Gooseberry Planet
Highly commended: Maths Circle: Times Tables Rock Stars

Primary Resource or Equipment – Tools for leadership, management and assessment including ICT
Winner: Speech Link: Junior Language Link

Special Education Resource or Equipment
Crick Software: Clicker 7

Secondary Resource or Equipment – Non-ICT
Winner: PG Online: Computing and Design & Technology Resources

Secondary Resource or Equipment – Including ICT
Winner: Avantis Systems: Class VR

Educational Book Award
Winner: Crown House Publishing: Puffed Out by Will Hussey and Barry Hymer
Highly commended: Maths No Problem: Maths No Problem Primary Series

Free Educational Resources
Winner: Shapes for Schools and Piccadilly Press: Flying Fergus Summer Challenge
Highly commended: It’s A Monthly Thing: Betty For Schools

General Classroom Resource
Winner: School Planner Company: Customised Exercise Books
Highly commended: Staedtler UK: Teacher Marking Pack

Collaboration Between School and Supplier Award
Winner: Scholastic & Darrick Wood School for STEPS
Highly commended: Mrs Wordsmith & Fox Primary School

Leadership in education
Winner: Kim Taylor (OBE) Spring Common Academy

Educational Establishment of the year
Winner: Prior's Court school

Education Exporter of the Year
Winner: GL Education

Marketing Campaign of the Year
Winner: Bonacia: Stranger Sagas
Highly commended: Open Study College

Start-up Business of the Year
Winner: Spongy Elephant

Supplier of the Year – Less than £1 million annual turnover
Winner: Tennis Foundation

Supplier of the Year – £1 million to £10 million annual turnover
Winner: GCSEPod

Supplier of the Year – Over £10 million annual turnover
Winner: ESPO
Highly commended: Tes

Outstanding Achievement
Graham Harrison from STAEDTLER UK

Sponsors include MapedHelix, The Rochester Bridge Trust and YPO – the UK’s largest publicly owned buying organisation – and supporters are the NAHT and nasen, together with media partner Education Today.