Judging Process

Transparent, expert-led, and community-supported

How Schools Are Evaluated

A fair and transparent process

Our judging process is designed to be comprehensive, fair, and transparent, based on the judging criteria for each Prize. There will be one winner per Prize, and each winner will receive a full-paid membership for a year in our Best School to Work programme. The five winners will be selected by our Judging Academy based on the judging criteria for each Prize. In addition, we will give a “Community Choice Award” to any of the fifty Top 10 finalist schools that received the highest number of votes in the Public Vote.

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STEP BY STEP

Judging process

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1. Application Review — Narrowing Down the Top 10

After applications are reviewed for eligibility, they are evaluated by a Screening Committee of education experts established by T4 Education.

Once a longlist has been proposed for each Prize:

  • A due diligence process is carried out.
  • Schools participate in online interviews to dive deeper into their initiatives.
  • Based on these interviews and reviews, the Top 10 finalists are selected for each category.
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2. Judging Academy Vote — Deciding the Five Winners

The Judging Academy, composed of global education leaders, receives evaluation packages for the finalist schools and casts votes to determine one winner per Prize category.

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BUILT WITH PURPOSE

Our framework

The five World’s Best School Prizes have been created on the basis of research, evidence and wide consultation, with teachers and education experts, grouped on our Review Panel. We believe that these five Prize categories reflect key strategies that will encourage schools to try different approaches to strengthen their institutions and ultimately, help accelerate the pace of change, starting with their own schools and communities.

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From application to awards

DESIGNED BY EDUCATION EXPERTS

Meet our advisory board

We are proud that the World’s Best School Prizes were conceived and developed by leading teachers and education innovators.

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Armand Doucet

Teacher, Riverview High School, Canada

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Maggie MacDonnell

Winner, Global Teacher Prize 2017, Canada

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Vandana Goyal

COO, Avanti Fellows; Former CEO, Akanksha Foundation, India

MEET THE

Judging academy

The winner of each Prize is selected by the Judging Academy, made up of distinguished leaders from around the world.

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Aashti Zaidi

Founder & CEO, Global Schools Forum, UK

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Abang Brian

Celebrity Chef, Malaysia

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Abhinav Kumar

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Global Markets, Tata Consultancy Services, Belgium

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