Let Teachers SHINE Winner 2025: Jayne Webster and Caroline Peters – Dynamic Representations

Groundbreaking new resource aims to bring maths to life for secondary school pupils, reducing anxiety and making concepts easier to understand.

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2025: Ruth Coleman – Highfield Resilience Tracker

Transformational project aims to nurture and develop young children’s personal, social and emotional resilience from when they start nursery and move into primary school.

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2025: Michelle Swallow and Amanda Leary – 360 Learning Lab

Innovative Bradford project will use immersive technology to boost engagement and literacy skills among disadvantaged students

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2025: Phil Latham – The Endeavour Convening Partnership

New initiative aims to bring schools and local businesses together to build better work and life chances for young people in Middlesbrough.

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2025: Nicola Crompton – Reading Champions

Carlisle project will train social workers to use reading during home visits to help young children improve confidence and literacy skills.

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2025: Richard McNicholas – United Learning x Boys’ Impact

Initiative aims to support boys at the school in developing positive self-identity and successfully forging a pathway to their future career of choice.

Sean Harris: Misconceptions and curiosity

"If we want every child to be understood, supported, and set up to thrive, then we must keep listening, keep learning, and keep asking: what else don’t we know yet?"

Talented educators shortlisted for Let Teachers SHINE 2025

Twenty-eight top teachers are in the running to receive funding of up to £25,000 after they made the shortlist for Let Teachers SHINE 2025.

Early results show The Story Project boosts pupils’ emotional skills and wellbeing

Evaluation shows project is helping pupils better understand emotions, build empathy, and manage feelings.

Low-attaining students using programme make average 1.5-year progress gains

Students taking part in a numeracy programme backed by SHINE have shown impressive progress

Let Teachers SHINE 2025 launches with grants of up to £25,000 for teachers

This annual programme offers grants of up to £25,000, along with dedicated support, to help teachers across England develop innovative projects that enhance educational outcomes.

Science hub has “galvanised change” in primary schools

A project created to bridge the gap in science knowledge between Year 6 and Year 7 students has “galvanised change” in primary schools, says its creator, Alex Robertson.

OBE for Times Tables Rock Stars creator Bruno Reddy

Let Teachers SHINE winners 2024 – innovative teachers handed share of £115,000

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2024: Jessica Mellor – Fixing Fluency

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2024: Mark Robinson – Instant Feedback for Every Child

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2024: Benjamin Barker – Progress Checker

An innovative app which aims to transform communication between teachers and parents.

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2024: Matt Harte – Better on the Big Screen

The project blends communal cinema trips and online clips of famous films with AI-generated prose to spark the imagination of students

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2024: Jordan Scott – ProVision

Let Teachers SHINE winner 2024: Jon Blackbourn – Revise Chemistry with Mr B