Music and Drama Education Awards 2025 Shortlist
The Music and Drama Education Awards 2025 celebrates outstanding achievements in Music and Drama education. It recognises individuals, schools, and organisations that have made a significant impact in these fields, showcasing excellence in teaching, innovation, and leadership.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted nominees for their remarkable contributions!
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DRAMA INSPIRATION AWARD
Zelia Attzs
Jackie Cobham
Tracy Dorrington
Nick O'Brien
Beau-Jessica Roberts
6
EXCELLENCE IN MUSICAL THEATRE (MUSIC & DRAMA)
BB Broadway @ The Turbine Theatre, BB Broadway
Ludwig Theatre Arts, for Les Misérables Teen Edition
St Mary's College, Hull, for Hull Performance Academy
The Beaconsfield School, for Beaconsfield Performing Arts
Theatre Peckham, for Academy training programme
Trafalgar Entertainment Trust for Summer Youth Projects
7
EXCELLENCE IN PRIMARY/EARLY YEARS (MUSIC & DRAMA)
Barnet Education Arts Trust, for Infant Music Festival
Buxton Opera House, for Satellite Project
MishMash Productions and Nottingham City Libraries, for Ruby's Worry
Performatots Pre-School
Speech Bubbles: - Drama for Communication
The Birmingham Rep and Birmingham Early Years Network, for Early Years Project
The Grange Festival, for Learning at The Grange
8
EXCELLENCE IN SEND (MUSIC & DRAMA)
Born2Sing Academy
Create Music, for Orchestra 360
Drake Music Scotland, for Digital Orchestra: Youth
HMDT Music, for Music Treehouse
Lancashire Music Service
The Big Reveal East Kent Orchestra, for Voices in the Wilderness
The OHMI Trust, for OHMI Connect
Welsh National Opera, for Opera Tutti
5
INSTRUMENTAL OR VOCAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Colin Bellworthy
Alberto Christodoulou
Lucica Trita
Scott Whitefield
Catherine Williams
7
MUSIC INSPIRATION AWARD
Alphonso Archer
Vicki Cooper
Hannah Kaye-Shepheard
Sam Massey
Carly Palmer
Karen Tweddle
Ollie Tumner
8
NEW! THE MTI AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL THEATRE PROVISION
Ballard School, Hampshire
Caister Academy, Caister-On-Sea
CAPA Juniors, Trinity Academy Cathedral, Wakefield
CTA Productions, Fareham
Droylsden Academy, Manchester
Farlingaye High School, Woodbridge
Westcliff High School for Girls, Essex
Windsor Learning Partnership Senior Schools
7
OUTSTANDING DRAMA EDUCATION RESOURCE
Get Into Theatre and ATG Entertainment Creative Learning, for Work in Theatre Teacher Toolkit
Linden Walcott-Burton and Nick Hern Books, for The Drama Workshop Leader
Methuen Drama, for 200 Themes for Devising Theatre with 11–18 Year Olds
MN Awards, for Graded Examinations in Screen Acting Specification & Teacher Resource
Royal Shakespeare Company, for RSC Shakespeare Learning Zone
Stagecoach Performing Arts
SubjectResources.com, for Devising 101
8
OUTSTANDING DRAMA INITIATIVE
Buxton Opera House, for Work Experience – Theatre in Education Tour
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation, for Shakespeare Schools Festival
Don't Write Me Off (DWMO), for Actively SeeK.I.N.G.
Nick Hern Books, for Multiplay Drama: Season 2
Performing International Plays, for School Workshops
Polka Theatre, for The Freefalling Project
Royal Shakespeare Company, for RSC Associate Schools Programme
The Birmingham Rep Theatre, for Fridge City
7
OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATION PRINT RESOURCE
Edward Caswell and Peter Hunt, for SingCircle: 111 rounds for singing by heart
Chris Haigh, for Beginning Folk Fiddle
Paul Harris, for How to sight-read
Nathan Holder, for The World of Music: and How it Moves Us
Nathan Holder and Rachel Shapey, for Listen & Celebrate Key Stage 3: Activities to enrich and diversify Key Stage 3 music
Kit Massey, for Music Theory for Kids
Mark Wilson and Paul Wood, for Stringtastic
8
OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATION RESOURCE
BBC Philharmonic, for Musical Storyland
DaCapo Primary Music, for DaCapo Online
ISM Trust, for Breaking the Singing Barrier
Leicestershire Music, for Primary Beatbox Unit of Work
MusicFirst, for OGenPlus
Opera North, Orchestras Live, AMP Music and Skipton Town Hall, for ON Tour
Presto Music Production and Emofront in association with Sparky Animation, for Rhythm Warriors Piano Zone
The Music Teachers' Association and Patrick Johns, for Teaching Notes podcast
7
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL INITIATIVE
City of London Schools and Wren 300, for Raising the Roof
Come and Sing Company
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company
MuseCool, for MusicOnWheels
Music Masters, for Flagship Schools Programme
National Orchestra for All
Warwick - A Singing Town
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OUTSTANDING SCHOOL DRAMA DEPARTMENT
Aldwickbury School, Harpenden
Inverurie Academy, Inverurie
Salterford House School, Nottingham
Shenley Brook End School, Milton Keynes
The Beaconsfield School, Beaconsfield
Treviglas Academy, Newquay
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OUTSTANDING SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Bristol Cathedral Choir School
Lancing College
Leighton Park School, Reading
Nottingham Girls' High School GDST, Nottingham
Sandbach School
The Winston Churchill School, Woking
Thetford Academy, Norfolk
5
THE ROCKSTEADY AWARD FOR PROGRESSIVE AND INCLUSIVE MUSIC EDUCATION
AmaSing
London Sinfonietta, for Composition Challenges
Hertfordshire Music Service, for Elective Home Education Music Programme
Songs Signs & Sounds, for Music & Wellbeing
Powerjam Band Project
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