This award comes with a £2,000 prize for the winner’s school and it shines a spotlight on teachers, EVCs and school staff for the important role they play in organising trips that help pupils benefit from learning outside the classroom.

Presented as part of the School Travel Awards ceremony, the School Trip Champion category highlights the work and effort put in by teachers and educational visits coordinators to make trips and residentials happen.

But more than this, it’s about recognising unsung heroes, those who go the extra mile, for the time and effort put in to creating visits and experiences that enhance learning and the building of essential life skills.

We know that so many people in schools and academies champion the value of learning outside the classroom. These people are vital and this award is for them.

Finalists are always featured in School Travel Organiser magazine and on our website, and invited to the five-star ceremony as our guests.

The winner of the award scoops £2,000 for their school to spend on a future educational visit. What’s not to like?

Things to know…

  • This is about individuals and rewards someone who works at a school / academy for their efforts in creating school trips and promoting the value of learning outside the classroom.
  • It can be anybody involved in organising trips but it’s not open to staff at providers, just those who work at a school / academy.
  • The person nominating can keep their nomination private and anonymous. 
  • When nominating, you are asked the reason for your nomination (up to 150 words), giving examples of educational visits that the person has organised or has been involved with, where possible. 

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The School Trip Champion Award has a prize of £2,000 for the winner’s school to spend on an educational visit.

The winner of the 2024 award was…

Congratulations to Glynis Pattison, school visits coordinator at Conyers School, Stockton-on-Tees, for scooping the 2024 School Trip Champion Award.

Her responsibilities include ensuring all paperwork is correct, seeking approval from the headteacher, making sure risk assessments are in place, as well as ensuring that finances are covered. 

School Travel Awards 2024 winners: School Trip Champion Award

Glynis Pattison from Conyers School in Stockton-on-Tees, receives the School Trip Champion Award from Mo Ogden from Next Generation Travel and host, Annabel Croft.

Glynis also provides lead teachers with comprehensive packs for each trip and accompanies the visits to handle logistics so that the teachers can focus on the students. She said: “I’ve had the privilege of joining trips to Paris, Iceland, Berlin, Italy and New York!”

To read more about the work Glynis does, and more on all of the finalists, click here.

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