Recognising the attractions, providers and people creating and supporting inspiring school trips
A special initiative
The annual School Travel Awards recognise inspiring people and the best companies, venues and attractions providing school trips. There’s big prizes for schools too.
Organised by School Travel Organiser magazine, this special initiative celebrates learning outside the classroom and raises the profile and importance of school visits.
Voting has now closed and the counting and checking begins. Thank you to everyone who took the time to help shape this year’s results.
Tickets to the ceremony: the 2026 awards lunch and ceremony will take place on Friday 20th November at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. Book tickets here.
School Trip Champion Voting
Going the extra mile: your 2026 School Trip Champion finalists
From a maths teacher taking pupils to Malawi to an EVC who has spent 18 years transforming her school’s visits programme - meet your finalists and vote for your winner.
A special thank you to our 2026 Awards Partners…
For information about becoming an Awards Partner telephone 01908 613323, send an email to sales@schooltravelorganiser.com or click here.
Prizes for schools and team award
Find out about… the ‘My Best School Trip’ Award
With a prize of £2,500, this category recognises educational visits that have been well planned, well executed and really stood out for the impact they have had.
School Trip Champion Award: rewarding EVCs and teachers
The School Trip Champion Award recognises teachers, EVCs and school staff for organising and promoting learning outside the classroom.
Find out about… the Education / Learning Team of the Year Award
This award is for a team at an attraction or provider for how they support schools before, during and after their visits.
Awards Host 2026
Awards host Sally Gunnell on resilience and the value of school trips
Olympic champion Sally Gunnell shares why stepping outside your comfort zone, whether on the track or on a school trip, is where the real learning begins.
Winning Schools
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Awards Partners
School Travel Awards: becoming an Official Partner
How to become an official Awards Partner, support the School Travel Awards and get amazing exposure to people organising school trips and educational travel.
Looking back at the 2025 awards…
2025 awards results & reaction
School Travel Awards winners celebrate in style
The 2025 winners have been showing off their trophies so we wanted to share some of the pictures, with our mascot Teacher Ted making more than one appearance.
School Travel Awards: your 2025 winners and finalists
The full results include the best attractions, providers, destinations and experiences for school trips, according to the readers of School Travel Organiser.
Video Highlights: School Travel Awards 2025
See how the culmination of this special initiative created a unique event by watching these brief highlights, including interviews with guests, winners and host, Rory Bremner.
Photo Gallery: School Travel Awards 2025
The importance of school trips was celebrated at the 2025 event, and here are the photos from the presentations, appearances and a special day that brought the sector together.
School Travel Awards: attractions, providers & schools celebrated
It was all smiles as the winners of the School Travel Awards 2025 gathered for a celebratory photo with their trophies, joined by this year’s host, Rory Bremner.
Life-changing experiences: The 2025 ‘My Best School Trip’ Award finalists
The finalists are great examples of what can be achieved from school trips - and how they can be embedded to create a long-lasting impact.
The education teams helping learners expand their horizons
These finalists for the Education / Learning Team of the Year Award each demonstrate a commitment to enriching young people’s learning across diverse subjects and age groups.
Four exceptional teachers: your 2025 School Trip Champion finalists
We feel it’s important to recognise teachers who create fantastic learning opportunities through educational visits. Read about our finalists.
Participation in these awards are subject to our terms and conditions (available at schooltravelorganiser.com/awards/terms) and the organisers reserve the right to make any appropriate changes if required and deemed necessary affecting the date, time or nature of ceremony presentation at their absolute discretion.
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