10th February 2012
 The United Kingdom’s (UK) most outstanding educational resources, suppliers, educators and institutions were today selected as finalists for the Education Resource Awards (ERAs) 2012. Organised by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) and Brilliant Marketing Solutions Ltd., the ERAs highlight the quality and diversity of educational products and resources, excellent educational establishments and the most inspiring members of the teaching profession.
Ray Barker, director of BESA, comments: “The Awards aim to test and identify the best resources available to today’s schools and classrooms. Now in their fourteenth successful year, what makes these Awards really different is that they focus on the resources, services and people that really make a practical impact on learning and the day-to-day work of the teachers in the classroom. At a time when schools are being given more freedom to use their professional judgement to organise learning as they see fit, the Awards play an increasingly important role in helping to identify products that make a real difference to education.”
Education Resources Awards 2012 Shortlist
Best Special Education Resource or Equipment - non ICT
Dockside Reading Scheme, Rising Stars
Sensory Swing, Inside-Out-Nature
Special Games, LDA
Best Special Education Resource or Equipment - involving ICT
Read&Write GOLD, Texthelp
Storyphones Digital, Storyphones
Tables of Doom, Net Educational Systems
The Fairy Tales, SEN Assist
Primary Sign Language, School of Sign Language
Best Early Years Resource or Equipment - non ICT
Effective Practice in Outdoor Learning, A&C Black
Time to Talk Baskets, TTS Group Ltd
Treasure Cylinders, TTS Group Ltd
Wild Animals Set, LEGO Education Europe
Best Early Years Resource or Equipment - involving ICT
Early Years World, Sherston Software
Easi-Detectors, TTS Group Ltd
Reading Eggs, 3P Learning Ltd
Traditional Storyteller Apps, Day One Productions
Best Primary Resource or Equipment - non ICT
Change 4 Life Primary Pack, Youth Sport Direct
Jolly Back Chair and service, Jolly Back
Large Den Kit, Hope Education
My Body Board, Wrightype Design
Read and Respond, Scholastic Ltd
Read Write Inc. One-to-one Phonics Tutoring Kit, Oxford University Press
Best Primary Resource or Equipment - involving ICT
Easi-Walker, TTS Group Ltd
Fluency Tutor, Texthelp
Learnpad from Avantis, Avantis Systems
Matalan Top Games, Youth Sport Direct
Oddizzi, Oddizzi
Spellodrome, 3P Learning Ltd
Story Stage, Scholastic Ltd
Best Secondary Resource or Equipment - non ICT
All Talk, BT, The Full English, HoWoCo and dialogics
Dockside Reading Scheme, Rising Stars
Employability Skills Workshops, British Army / Education Connections
High Performers, Crown House Publishing
Investigating Spoken Language, English and Media Centre
Teachers' Pocketbooks, Teachers' Pocketbooks
Best Secondary Resource or Equipment - involving ICT
Frozen Oceans, Digital Explorer
GCSEPod, GCSEPod
Learnpad from Avantis, Avantis Systems
Macbeth Interactive Motion Comic, Classical Comics
Syngenta Periodic Table, dbda for Syngenta
TrueTube.co.uk, CTVC Ltd
Twig Science, Twig World
Educational Book Award
Effective Practice in Outdoor Learning, A&C Black
Into Connectors, Scholastic Ltd
Performing Science, Continuum
Special Games, LDA
Switched On ICT, Rising Stars
Teachers' Pocketbooks, Teachers' Pocketbooks
Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, A&C Black
Leadership in Education
Carole Connelly, Lead Adviser Standards and School Effectiveness, Hertfordshire
Jamie Buchanan-Dunlop, Digital Explorer
Jan Lewanowski and Maggie Constable, Languages Consultants, Bedford
Kerry Waters, Head teacher, Pontnewydd Primary School
Leigh Beddows, Bank Leaze Primary School
Raminder Dhami, Saltwells EDC, Dudley
Roz Goldman, Head teacher, Creunant Primary School
Educational Establishment of the Year
All Saints Catholic School, Dagenham
Kingsley School and Granby Children's Centre Team, Liverpool
Pontnewydd Primary School, Cwmbran
Rayleigh Primary School, Essex
Rydon Primary, Newton Abbot
Villiers High School, Southall
Education Exporter of the Year
3P Learning
EducationCity.com
Little Bridge World
Netsupport Ltd
Sunflower Learning
TTS Group Ltd
Whizz Education
Supplier of the Year: with less than £1million annual turnover
Axis Education
Crossbow Education Ltd
Immersive Education
Mind Lab UK Ltd
Supplier of the Year: with between £1million and £3million annual turnover
3P Learning
Smart Kids UK Ltd
Youth Sport Direct
Supplier of the Year: with over £3million annual turnover
EducationCity.com
Frogtrade
GLS
Promethean
The Consortium
TTS Group Ltd
Innovation Award
ePace, Dynevor
Hand Held Talking Communicator, EMAS UK Ltd
Learnpad from Avantis, Avantis Systems
Oxford Owl, OUP
Promethean ActivBoard 500, Promethean
SIMS Discover, Capita SIMS
Twig Science, Twig World
Marketing Campaign of the Year Award
Berol by Papermate, Berol Win a Minibus
itslearning, itslearning
Staedtler, Staedtler (UK) Teachers’ Club
Outstanding Achievement Award
To be awarded on the night
Ray Barker continues:
“The ERAs are judged by an independent panel of education experts, all teaching and learning professionals, providing peace of mind to the UK’s teachers that the judging process is robust. The chosen shortlist reflects the needs of the education sector right now, detailing innovative and cost-effective resources, exemplary companies and proven approaches to education.”
Winners will be announced at the annual gala event at The Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham on Friday 16 March, the second evening of the Education Show 2012.
The Education Resource Awards are sponsored by Berol, Findel Education, Hope Education and supported by the National Association of Head Teachers, The Schools Network, nasen and UK Trade & Investment. The Education Guardian is the media partner for the Awards.
For more information, please visit www.besa.org.uk
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