Raising the Bar Awards 2019
The awards this year saw a revised categories and a celebration event at an afternoon tea at Wherstead Park in Ipswich on Wednesday 10 July.
Nominations across the 13 Raising the Bar award categories include Business Supporting Ambition, Educational Leader & Setting of the Year, Inspirational / Young Achiever of the Year and Excellence in Digital Strategy.
We are pleased to announce that our 2019 Finalists and Winners are:
Inspirational / Young Person of the Year
Early Years
- Ayan Omar - Sprites Primary Academy - Winner
Primary
- Dylan Murray - East Bergholt CEVC Primary School - Winner
- Keziah McNeil - Sidegate Primary School - Winner
- Albie Compton - The Bridge School - Winner
- Manny Smiley - St Mary's Academy, Mildenhall - Winner
Secondary
- Leo Moss-Eccardt - Hillside Special School - Winner
- Anya Ilczenko - Stour Valley Community School - Winner
- Martha Cooper - Horringer Court School - Winner
Post 16
- Brianna Digby - Stour Valley Community School - Winner
- Regan Partridge - Suffolk One - Winner
- Joanna Brawn - Wesley School - Winner
Apprenticeships
- Phoebe Vokes - NOVA Training - Winner
- Kayleigh Elmer - West Suffolk College - Winner
- Carrie Donovan - Suffolk County Council - Winner
Business Supporting Ambition
- Deborah Ball - Kinetic Science - Winner
- Richard Stewart - Student Life
- Naomi Herbert - LV Insurance Ipswich
Excellence in Digital Strategy
- Kate Hayward-Brackenbury - St Mary's C of E Primary School, Woodbridge - Winner
- Oliver Clifford - Worlingham CEVC Primary School - Special Recognition
Educational Leader and Setting of the Year
Early Years
- Michele Cole - Badingham Playschool - Winner
- Jenny Snape - Little Teapots Preschool
- Emma Howard - Meadow Brook Nursery
Primary
- Jamie White - Oulton Broad Primary School - Winner
- Joel Crawley & Oz Sparks - Woods Loke Primary School
- Roisin Wiseman - Wilby CEVC Primary School
Secondary
- Helen Winn - Ipswich Academy - Winner
- Vanessa Whitcombe - Castle Manor Academy
- Nick Froy - Newmarket Academy
Raising the Bar Awards 2018
The Raising the Bar Awards 2018 took place on Tuesday 10 July 2018 at Trinity Park, Ipswich.
You can read more about the 2018 finalists here (PDF, 3.1MB).
Raising the Bar Awards 2017
The Raising the Bar Awards 2017 were held at Trinity Park, Ipswich on Monday 26 June 2017.
You can find images from the awards on the Suffolk County Council Flickr page and on the Raising the Bar Facebook page.
Check out our films from the 2017 awards:
Raising the Bar Awards 2016
The Raising the Bar Awards 2016 were held at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds on Monday 20 June 2016.
You can find images from the awards on the Suffolk County Council Flickr page and on the Raising the Bar Facebook page.
Raising the Bar Awards 2015
The Raising the Bar Awards 2015 took place on 25 June at Ashlar House in Bury St Edmunds, where the winners and finalists across 20 categories were presented with their awards.
Nominations were open to all publicly funded educational establishments in Suffolk (or partners working with them): early years including childminders, nurseries and pre-schools, Local Authority maintained schools, colleges, academies, free schools and Pupil Referral Units.
You can see all the photos from the event in this Raising the Bar Awards album on Suffolk County Council's Flickr Page.
