WCSQM Awards Ceremonies take place biannually – at the summer Symposium, and the end of year Awards Ceremony. Our Awards Ceremonies celebrate the achievements of accrediting and reaccrediting schools, as well as those of individual students demonstrating World Class characteristics through their participation in their school’s accreditation process, as student assessors and competition winners. The World Class School of the Year Award is presented annually to the school demonstrating World Class engagement throughout the year.
December 2021 – Award Winners
World Class School of the Year 2021
Berkeley Academy
The pupils and staff of Berkeley Academy in Hounslow submitted a moving video in which they shared the reasons why their school is World Class. Congratulations Berkeley Academy, we absolutely agree! Watch the video below.
School of the Year shortlist
Congratulations to the following schools shortlisted for School of the Year 2021. Watch a montage of their submission videos here.
Bluecoat Wollaton Academy, Nottingham secondary
Bosworth Academy, Leicester secondary
Featherstone High School, Ealing secondary
President Kennedy School, Coventry secondary
St Albans Girls’ School, St Albans secondary
The Ashley School, Lowestoft special
Weatherhead High School, Wallasey secondary
2021 World Class accredited schools
| World Class accredited secondary schools | World Class accredited primary schools |
| Babington Academy | Kentmere Academy |
| Feversham Academy | Marshfield Primary School |
| Five Acres High School | Sacred Heart Primary School |
| Higham Lane School | Seething and Mundham Primary School |
| King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls | St Michael’s C of E Primary School |
| Kingswood Academy | Three Bridges Primary School |
| Lymm High School | Whitefield Primary School |
| Sacred Heart Catholic High School | Yerbury Primary School |
| Southfield School | |
| St Anne’s Catholic High School for Girls | |
| Trinity Academy Grammar | |
| Yate Academy | |
| Swavesey Village College | |
| Moor End Academy |
2021 World Class re-accredited schools
| World Class reaccredited secondary schools | Carlton Bolling College |
| Alexandra Park School | The Ruth Gorse Academy |
| Bishop Ramsey CE School | Seven Kings School |
| Cranford Community College | Weatherhead High School |
| Darrick Wood School | Southam College |
| Finham Park School | Harris City Academy, Crystal Palace |
| Harris Academy, Greenwich | Bosworth Academy, Leicester |
| Harris Academy, Battersea | |
| Harris Academy, Chafford Hundred | World Class reaccredited primary schools |
| Hayes School | St Stephen’s Catholic Primary School |
| Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull | Thomas Jones’ Primary |
| Holland Park School | Berkeley Academy |
| Rushcliffe School | Wyndham Academy |
| Balcarras School | Sneinton St Stephen’s C of E Primary |
2020 World Class re-accredited schools
| World Class re-accredited secondary schools | |
| Bennett Memorial Diocesan School (Kent) | Riddlesdown Collegiate (Croydon) |
| Forest Gate Community School (Newham) | St. Mary’s College (Hull) |
| Kenilworth School and Sixth Form | Sidney Stringer Academy |
| King Ecgbert School (Sheffield) | The Green School for Girls (Hounslow) |
| Painsley Catholic College (Staffordshire) | The Holy Cross School (Kingston upon Thames) |
| Parkside Academy (County Durham) | The St Marylebone CE School (Westminster) |
| UTC Reading | |
Visit the WCSQM Schools page for a full, detailed list of WCSQM accredited schools
Qualifying Student Assessors – secondary
Ali Rehman, Reuben Hallsworth-Woods (Bluecoat Wollaton Academy)
Amelie Woolass, Bibi Winter (Hitchin Girls’ School)
Amitojpreet Kaur Aulak (Featherstone High School)
Anna McKee, Henry Nurse, Jess McElroy, Logan Hewit, Nabrissa Badu (Sandringham School)
Anoosha Ashfaq, Piyusha Avvula, Zainab Ali (Seven Kings High School)
Antonio Seminara, Sarah-Jane Clayton (St Mary’s College, Hull)
Charlie James Potts (Sedgefield Community College)
Eesha Gupta, Harry Gilsenan, Mya Birdee (President Kennedy School)
Lucy Freudemann, Xena Pape (Moor End Academy)
Nicola Rice, Olivia Woods (Salesian School)
Polly Knapton, Weatherhead High School
Shifaa Rashid, Greenhead College
| Qualifying Student Assessors -primary | |
| From Morley Newlands Academy in Leeds | From Sneinton Primary School in Nottingham |
| Ananya Baidyaroy | Adam |
| Carla Snape | Ahmad |
| Cerys Davies | Anagha |
| Charlotte Byrne | Amna |
| Esme Smith | Antonia |
| Harper Fellows | Brooklyn |
| Jessica Turner | Eltaf |
| Joe Grayson | Ezrah |
| Mitchell Davies | Gabriela |
| Nicole Getka | Jemima |
| Ryan Pallapati | Joel |
| Shreyasi Gupta | Joshua |
| Natalie | |
| Taylon | |
Find out more about training to be a WCSQM student assessor
2021 Essay Competition Award
Winner: Lily Kennedy, Year 7, St Albans Girls’ School
Runners Up: Callum Dootson, The Ashley School & Alan Swinney, Sedgefield Community College
Shortlisted students
| Special School Category | Secondary School Category |
| Callum Dootson, Year 9, The Ashley School | Riley Chimbetete, Year 8, Bluecoat Wollaton Academy |
| Rumaitha Islam, Year 8, Featherstone High School | |
| International School Category | Sumayyah Dedat, Year 9, Finham Park School |
| Ana Eloísa Almansa Muñoz, Yr 7, Europa International School | Zehra Shah, Year 9, Higham Lane School |
| Lexy Bee-Reid, Year 10, King Ecgbert School | |
| Primary School Category | Axella Evans, Year 10, King Ecgbert School |
| Mohammed Toure, Year 6, Hillcrest Academy | Alan Swinney, Year 8, Sedgefield Community College |
| Lily Kennedy, Year 7, St Albans Girls’ School | |
| Thea Lawson, Year 8, The Morley Academy | |
| Arya Bassi, Year 9, President Kennedy School | |
| Abshara Piratheeban, Year 8, President Kennedy School | |
| Eva Matthew, Year 8, The Bishop of Llandaff CiW High School |
WCSQM Student Character Awards
Student Character Awards are presented to students demonstrating World Class characteristics across the WCSQM framework areas. Students nominated for a Student Character Award in the second half of 2021 were commended and awarded at the December 2021 Awards Ceremony by Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
Find out more about nominating your World Class students for an award.
Secondary Student Awards
WINNER Emmanuelle Dinu, St Mary’s College, Hull
WINNER Logan Hewit, Sandringham School, St Albans
WINNER Sara Mazilu, Sandringham School, St Albans
WINNER Kennedy Udegbe, Babington Academy, Leicester
WINNER Joe Quinney, Southam College, Warwickshire
Primary Student Awards
WINNER Evert Tyler, Yerbury Primary School
WINNER James Chong, Yerbury Primary School
WINNER Ivie Nosakhare, Sneinton Primary School, Nottingham
Student Character of the Year Award 2021
Mark Baffoh-Botchway Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
Student Character Award winners were commended and awarded by Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst at the December 2021 Awards Ceremony
