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'''''The Teaching Awards''''' is an annual [[teacher award|teacher awards ceremony]] in the [[United Kingdom]].

In 2008, the awards were hosted by [[Jeremy Vine]] and [[Myleene Klass]]. In 2009, the awards were hosted by [[Jeremy Vine]] and [[Christine Lampard]]. In 2010, [[Lenny Henry]] presented the awards. Recently, Dan Snow, Historian has presented the show, which is televised on [[BBC Two]].  

==Presenters==
*[[Jeremy Vine]] (2007–2009)
*[[Kate Thornton]] (2007)
*[[Elisabeth Sladen]] (2007)
*[[Myleene Klass]] (2008)
*[[Christine Lampard]] (2009)
*[[Lenny Henry]] (2010–2011)
*[[Clare Balding]] (2012–2013)
*[[Dan Snow]] (2014–2015)
*[[Hugh Dennis]] (2016)
*[[Naga Munchetty]] (2017)
*[[Sean Fletcher]] (2017–)
*[[Anita Rani]] (2018)

== Process ==
Every year, all schools and FE colleges are invited to nominate their most outstanding headteachers, teachers, teaching assistants, lecturers and school teams. Anyone can make a nomination. Nominations are then endorsed by the senior management team to proceed to the next stage. The Awards year culminates in a televised UK Ceremony,  held in the Autumn, where awards are given out in various categories.
The show, Britain's Classroom Heroes, is broadcast on BBC2.

== The Teaching Awards Trust ==
The Teaching Awards were established by [[David Puttnam|Lord Puttnam CBE]] in 1998 and are managed by an independent charity, the Teaching Awards Trust. The Teaching Awards Trust aims to celebrate excellence and promote best practice in education. The Oscar award winning actress [[Emma Thompson]] became the president of the Teaching Awards in 2009. She said "I owe so much of what I've done to my fantastic teachers at school and at university and it's exciting to join in celebrating what is probably the most important profession of them all".

== Goals ==
The Teaching Awards Trust was initially established to regenerate national pride in the teaching profession. The Trust has been successful in achieving this aim and has repositioned itself as a centre of excellence in education with the following aims:
* promote teaching as a career
* disseminate best practice
* encourage the involvement of other stakeholders in education
* engage with a wider audience at a national level 

== Profile ==
The Awards are supported by all the main political parties, the Department for Education in England, the Department of Education in Northern Ireland, the Scottish Executive and the Welsh Assembly Government as well as all the national teaching unions and associations.

The Teaching Awards Trust works in partnership with the BBC. The UK Ceremony is a produced in conjunction with the BBC and is shown on [[BBC Two]] in a primetime slot as a showcase of excellence in education. During the programme, winning teachers are presented with a Plato award, designed by sculptor Glynis Owen and based on her work titled 'The Thinking Man.' Examples can be seen at http://www.glynisowensculptor.co.uk.

== Funding ==
The Teaching Awards are funded through sponsorship, donations and grants. The current main sponsor is [[Pearson plc]].

==External links==
*[http://www.teachingawards.com/ Teaching Awards Official site]

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