ENAs 2025

We have partnered up with the ENAs for another year to give you the chance to nominate outstanding teachers, head teachers, schools, colleges and universities from across the North of England.

The ENA & CCUK Outstanding Contribution awards are now open ans ready for your nominations!

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Nominations Are Now Open!

The ENAs is a prestigious awards event which celebrates, recognises and shares best practice and excellence in the education sector in the North and the winners will be announced as part of their annual awards evening in April.

In the last 12 months teachers and academic institutions across the North of England have gone the extra mile and we want to say THANK YOU!

We wish your nominee every success when the winners are revealed at the Hilton Deansgate, Manchester on Thursday 3rd April 2025.   

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THE CATEGORIES

Outstanding School, College or University

To recognise an outstanding contribution by a school, college, higher education institution (including universities) or organisation in the North of England to develop and support their education establishment or the wider community during 2024/2025. Applications should demonstrate outstanding impact of the institution on its community over the past 12 months and how it is developing organisations and people for the future.

Outstanding Teacher

To recognise an outstanding contribution by an individual teacher, lecturer, or teaching assistant in the North of England during 2024/2025. Teachers are so motivational and teaching excellence empowers and enables students to learn and the teacher to build up the knowledge and skills which strengthens their community.  Applications should demonstrate outstanding impact during the last 12 months.

Outstanding Head Teacher

To recognise an outstanding contribution by an individual Head Teacher within an education establishment in the North of England during 2024/2025. The leadership and commitment shown by the individual will have had a major impact on their pupils, staff and community and benefitted all. Exemplars of achievements, leadership, and the outstanding impact it has had will be most welcome.

SEE ALL THE ACTION FROM ENAS 2024 CEREMONY

ENAs 2025 Profile: The Liverpool Hope Prize

This new award will celebrate an institution or an individual from the FE or Sixth Form sector which have championed, encouraged or engaged in promoting social mobility, diversity or attainment to Higher Education for students (of any age) from lower or fixed income backgrounds. This award, which will offer a cash prize of £1000 and a unique ENA trophy, will promote and encourage actions, schemes or outstanding initiatives by individuals or organisations to encourage, promote and practice social mobility from the Sixth Form and FE sectors.

Liverpool Hope University