Montessori Global Education Awards 2024

Our longstanding annual awards programme celebrates excellence in education worldwide. The International Montessori Awards recognise high-quality approaches to all kinds of education, highlighting those who have made a meaningful difference in their community.

We’re proud that our awards are open to anyone working in education of any kind – any person, or any group, demonstrating a commitment to quality, inclusion, social and emotional learning, and helping young people thrive.  Previously, awards have reached and recognised teachers, schools, community learning projects, social impact initiatives, non-professional staff, and children themselves.

Educator of the Year

  • This award will celebrate someone who has made a meaningful positive difference in their community, going above and beyond for their learners.

  • The winner of this award will be celebrated on Montessori Global Education’s website, social media channels and within its thriving online Network. We’ll invite them to collaborate with us on shared public coverage of their win, and offer them a feature in our Network.

Community Learning Initiative of the Year

  • This award will celebrate any kind of educational project or group, based in or from a shared space or private home.

  • The winner of this award will receive a £2,ooo donation to support local learning outcomes.

Young Champion Award for a Sustainable Future

  • This award will celebrate a young person who shows a passion for sustainability –through their own sustainable actions, helping to educate others and/or by working to raise awareness within their community.

  • We’ll invite this winner and their parents to collaborate with us on shared public coverage of their win, and offer them celebratory coverage in our Network.

How to nominate
To submit a nomination, simply email network@montessori.org.uk by December 9, describing why your named individual or project should win. Please make sure the information you share is relevant to the category you’ve chosen to nominate under. If you’d like to share a few web links, social media posts, photos and/or video to support the written portion of your nomination, please feel free to do so.
How to nominate
To submit a nomination, simply email network@montessori.org.uk by December 9, describing why your named individual or project should win. Please make sure the information you share is relevant to the category you’ve chosen to nominate under. If you’d like to share a few web links, social media posts, photos and/or video to support the written portion of your nomination, please feel free to do so.

Key Dates

December 9 – Nominations close

W/C December 16 – Shortlisted nominees announced online

W/C January 13 – Winners announced