Above and Beyond Awards
The Above and Beyond Awards 2019. Winners Group with Bobby Seagull

The Award Winners with Bobby Seagull

The 2019 Above and Beyond Awards Ceremony took place on February 11th at the International Conference Centre, Birmingham.

The Above and Beyond Awards celebrate parents, teachers, support staff and other professionals in the UK who go ‘above and beyond’ to help exceptional young people within the UK achieve their high learning potential. They also celebrate the achievements of children and young people in the UK, ‘above and beyond’ expectation for their age, who help in the wider community or are overcoming challenges in order to excel.

We had a fantastic day at the inaugural Above and Beyond Awards. Hosted by Bobby Seagull, we were privileged to welcome the shortlisted nominees for afternoon tea and a presentation of awards and certificates to our amazing winners and runners-up. Thank you to everyone who attended this celebration for children with high learning potential and the people who help support them.

To read the judges comments click on the individual winner’s name and to see photographs from the day visit the Above and Beyond Awards 2019 Gallery

Inspirational Young Person Award

This award honours an inspiring young person, aged 19 and under, with high learning potential, who has recognised a need, campaigned for or contributed to change and has inspired or supported others.

Winner

Rebecca Webb

Runners-Up

Siena Castellon

Nawshad Mosahidur Rahman

Young Person’s Resilience Award

This Award for resilience recognises a young person with high learning potential, aged 19 and under, who has overcome the odds and achieved their goal, while facing challenging circumstances in a home/school/health/external situation.

Winner

Adam Rafael Holmes

Runners-Up

Robert Allcock

Ameera Ismail

Inspirational Parent/Carer Award

This award recognises a parent/carer who acts as a role model for children and adults in how to support and inspire children/young people with high learning potential.

Winner

James H. Oldfield

Runners-Up

Momtaj Mahmud

Silvia Newton

Inspirational Teacher Award

This award recognises the difference that an inspirational teacher can make to the development and wellbeing of children/young people with high learning potential.

Winner

Charles White – Prior Weston Primary School

Runners-Up

Marina Hanchet – Herne Hill School

Gareth Weston – Mawsley Community Primary School

Effective Provision in School Award

This award recognises the efforts of schools to identify, support and inspire children/young people with high learning potential, their parents and other schools.

Winner

Parliament Hill School

Runners-Up

Chestnut Grove School

Samuel Ryder Academy

Effective DME Provision in School Award

This award recognises effective provision within school for learners with both high learning potential and a disability, known as dual or multiple exceptionality (DME).

Winner

Heyes Lane Primary School

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Inspirational Support Staff Award

This award recognises the work of an inspirational member of support staff for high potential learners.

Winner

Jodie Fink – Newham Sixth Form College

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Inspirational Leader Award

This award recognises a person who has inspired and led others within high learning potential education and/or support.

Winner

Mandi Howells – Carlton Primary School/Muswell Hill School

Runners-Up

Aileen Hoare – North West Gifted and Talented

Rebecca Howell – Potential Plus UK

James H. Oldfield – British Mensa

Inspirational Extra-Curricular Provision Award

This award is aimed at providers of high quality/high impact extra-curricular support to the high learning potential community. Inspirational Extra-Curricular Provision Award

Winner

Dr Catherine McEvoy – Parliament Hill School

Runners-Up

Jennifer Norris – Potential Plus UK Surrey Explorers

Tomorrow’s Achievers

Effective Resource Award

This award is for an effective resource which has enabled change in education and/or support within the high learning potential community.

Winner

NRICH Maths

Runners-Up

The BIG Little Library by Gateacre School

Powerwood

Inspirational Therapist Award

This award is given to an inspirational therapist who has been involved in the adaptation of approaches to therapy for children/young people with high learning potential and/or dual or multiple exceptionality.

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Winner

Mariza Ferreira – The OT Company

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award is sponsored by GT Voice and is presented to an individual who has had a positive and ongoing impact on the provision of education and support of children/young people with high learning potential/dual or multiple exceptionality.  This Award was nominated by the Above and Beyond Committee.

Winner

Professor Diane Montgomery

The Above and Beyond Awards are supported by the following charities and organisations

Gift Courses Logo
GT Voice Logo
British Mensa Logo
The Comino Foundation
Nasen Logo
Nisai Group Logo
The OT Company Logo
Potential Plus UK Logo
Potential Trust Logo

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Potential Plus UK and the organising committee of the Above and Beyond Awards will only use the personal information provided for the purposes of judging the submissions for these awards. This information will be shared with the organisers and the panel of judges for this purpose only. Contact information will only be shared with the other organisers if it is requested by them and after written authorisation has been received from the nominator/nominee. Within 6 months of the Awards Ceremony all other personal information (except what is in the public domain about the winners) will be securely destroyed. If you have any queries about this please email awards@potentialplusuk.org

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