AWARD CATEGORY

International school of the year  

This award is selected by the judges from one of the winners of the 10 individual categories

2023 WINNER

Tanglin Trust School, Singapore

International School of the Year 2023 Winner

This year, the Tanglin Trust School won the International School of the Year Award 2023, the Ethical Values Education Award and were shortlisted for the Strategic Leadership Award. 

The school won the Ethical Values Education Award for its initiative to become the first school outside of the UK to receive the Gold UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA). This initiative demonstrates Tanglin Trust School’s determination to promote a more understanding, empathetic world for its students, reflecting the school’s core values of respect, responsibility and purpose. 

Tanglin Trust School was also shortlisted for the Strategic Leadership Award for their initiative to incorporate an extended house system into the school as a way to build a greater sense of community. 

Pearson Logo

2022 & 2023 Award Sponsor

Pearson is the world’s leading learning company. We provide world class assessments, digital content and learning experiences for international schools to enable more effective teaching and learning and to help learners increase their skills and global employability prospects.

We partner with schools, universities, and employers worldwide to offer our qualifications to over 3.4 million students annually: our Pearson Edexcel International GCSE and International A level qualifications are most closely aligned to the British education system and Pearson BTECs, our popular, career-focused qualifications developed in partnership with employers can be studied alongside academic qualifications in a broad and balanced curriculum.

CATEGORIES

2023 Award categories

Community partnership

This award recognised a school initiative that involves students as community partners, working in collaboration with an external group to develop impact in the community.

Digital technology in learning

This award recognised a school initiative that involves digital technology to support student learning in a way that includes the development of digital responsibility as part of the initiative.

Diversity, equity, inclusion and justice

This award recognised an initiative being implemented as part of a school’s strategic journey towards developing DEIJ (diversity, equity, inclusion and justice).   

Ethical values education

This award recognised how a school initiative is supporting students in their development of ethical values which encourage them to think and act as global citizens.

Future pathways

This award recognised how a school initiative is preparing students with the skills and/or values to support their future pathways.

Innovation and creativity in learning

This award recognised a school initiative that supports students in future thinking and creative innovation. 

Safeguarding

This award recognised a school initiative that supports safeguarding within a school community. This included the prevention of radicalisation.

Strategic leadership

This award recognised an initiative that had been collectively spearheaded by a leadership team, senior leadership team or governing body. 

Sustainability

This award recognised an initiative being implemented as part of a school’s sustainability ethos.

Wellbeing

This award recognised a school initiative that supports the wellbeing of a school’s stakeholders, including the pastoral care of students.

International school of the year

This award was selected by the judges from one of the winners of the 10 individual categories.