An award celebrating exceptional innovation and impact, our judges would like to hear the story behind fundraising at your school during 2025–26. This is your chance to show why you take pride in where you work and what you do, and how your income-generating efforts have expanded educational access. Bring the story to life by describing your most significant fundraising moments and achievements—but resist the urge to present them as a simple list. Instead, help us understand how you have delivered transformative, long-lasting benefits to pupils and school life.

The questions below should guide your entry. Please keep the focus firmly on your fundraising and development activity rather than the broader life of the school.

• What makes your school’s fundraising activity stand out?
  Tell us about the remit, purpose and reach of your school’s fundraising activity. Explain how your fundraising activity has helped widen access to an independent education, for example through bursary or partnership programmes. (About 200 words.)

• What challenges did your development work face in 2025–26?
  Tell us how your fundraising activities have effectively addressed specific challenges, mobilised meaningful support from the community and contributed to securing the school’s long-term goals. (Around 150 words.)

• What difference has your fundraising programme made?
  Tell us what impact your fundraising programme has had on pupils and the wider community and explain how it has contributed to the life of the school and the overall student experience. (Around 150 words.)