Win £24k of prizes for schools

Has a teacher inspired your kids to be money masters? Nominate them for one of our prestigious awards.

Are you a parent, pupil, school governor or teacher? Do you know someone who is teaching personal finance at school? We want to know how they make personal finance fun, interactive and relevant to their pupils.

We believe it is never too soon for young people to learn about money. By mastering the basics early on in life, they can grow up to be the most financially savvy generation yet.

Our Personal Finance Teacher of the Year Awards recognise inspirational financial education in Britain, offering a share of £24,000 to schools with the best personal finance teachers. 

Teachers at primary and secondary level in UK schools can enter – we split the prize pot between the winners and runners-up in several categories.

To put forward your nominations, please email teacher@ii.co.uk with the name of the teacher(s) and the name and address of the school(s), plus why you are nominating them.

Teachers can also enter the awards directly. For an entry form, please email teacher@ii.co.uk. The first 250 teachers who submit an entry for themselves will each receive a £50 Amazon voucher.

We will then contact teachers who have entered the competition, inviting them to submit their entry, including at least one personal finance lesson.

Richard Wilson, ii’s Chief Executive, says: “These awards recognise innovative, relevant and fun personal finance lessons which can set students up for a healthier financial future. We’d like to see as many entries as possible. Last year the entries from teachers were so inspiring that we doubled the prize pot for winning schools to £24,000 – and we’re honouring that again this year.

“Last year’s winners included a teacher who shared her wedding bar tab in a personal finance lesson, and another who enabled students to create a ‘micro society’ from scratch – including taxes and civil servants. One primary school developed their own currency for students. We look forward to seeing this year’s entries – please spread the word. It’s a great accolade for those teachers who are setting the bar, with some meaningful cash prizes for schools.”

Personal Finance Teacher of the Year – T&Cs

The competition is open to all qualified teachers employed at a primary or secondary school in the UK but nominations can be made by anyone who is resident in the UK (including parents, guardians and pupils).

How to enter

Nominations should be emailed to teacher@ii.co.uk before 5pm on 3 September 2020 with the teacher’s name, and the name and address of the school. Teachers will then be contacted and asked to submit at least one personal finance lesson plan and a supporting statement by 14 September 2020.

Teachers can also nominate themselves by sending at least one personal finance lesson plan and a supporting statement to teacher@ii.co.uk by 14 September 2020. Their name, the name and address of the school and their email address and telephone number must be included. The first 250 teachers who submit an entry for themselves will each receive a £50 Amazon voucher.

Only one entry may be submitted by any person.

interactive investor reserves the right, with or without cause, to withdraw and amend the competition and/or to amend these terms and conditions at any time without notice.
 

The prizes

The following prizes will be awarded to schools:

Personal Finance Teacher of the Year (primary school) 

Personal Finance Teacher of the Year (secondary school)

Runner-up prizes, Judges' Awards and Highly Commended prizes may be awarded at the judges' discretion. The full prize money will total £24,000. 

All prize money will be awarded to the school.

Winner selection and notification

The winners will be selected by a panel of judges picked by interactive investor during October 2020. Judging will be based on the lesson plans and supporting statements supplied in connection with nominations.

The winners will be notified by mail, telephone or in person as soon as reasonably practicable after the judges have made their decisions. The notification will include details of how the prize can be claimed. If a winner does not accept their prize, interactive investor reserves the right to select an alternative winner.

The prizes will be presented at an awards ceremony in London on a date to be confirmed.

Personal details

The winners consent to the use by interactive investor of the winner's name, and school name and town/city, for the sole purposes of announcing the winners. By claiming the prizes, all winners consent to the same.

Winners consent to their photos, names and the name of their school being used. By claiming the prizes, all winners consent to the same.

Winners consent to their photos, names and the name of their school being used by other media unconnected with interactive investor. By claiming the prizes, all winners consent to the same.

By allowing their nominations to be considered by the judges, all participants agree to be bound by these terms and confirm that the decision of interactive investor is binding. All (if any) personal data contained in nominations will be processed in accordance with interactive investor’s privacy policy here.

The competition will be governed by English law and entrants to the competition submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Promoter

The competition is run by Interactive Investor Services Limited, Exchange Court, Duncombe Street, Leeds LS1 4AX.

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