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Imagine Awards 2026

Thank you for your interest in Thornton Education Trust's (TET) Imagine Awards.

The Imagine Awards celebrates teachers who incorporate architecture and the wider built environment into their classroom teaching as part of the primary curriculum or built environment professionals who engage and collaborate with primary schools.

The awards aim to recognise the work that educationalists, teachers and built environment organisations are doing to help children and young people benefit from creative architectural learning and engagement in their built environment, within a school/curriculum setting. This includes supporting approaches aligned with the creative curriculum, which encourages cross-disciplinary, experiential learning that connects design, place and creativity.

This form is open to schools and teachers only.

Submissions will demonstrate a range of impacts such as giving children and young people greater agency in their lives and environment through introducing architecture into the teaching curriculum whether one-off or year on year through activities or schemes of work.

Winning initiatives will demonstrate best practice, engagement, impact and innovation.

Category:

This form is for submissions to the Architecture STEM Category only. This category recognises teaching that connects architecture with science, technology, engineering and maths to inspire creative problem-solving.

If you wish to enter another category, please use the separate submission forms provided on the website.

Important reminders:
- Submission is free for teachers and schools
- Please save your form as you go — the save option is available at the end of the form
- Refer to our FAQs for guidance before submitting
- Submission deadline: Friday 19th June 2026
- Judging will take place shortly after the deadline, and shortlisted entries will be notified
Award's ceremony

Tickets for the Imagine Awards 2026 ceremony will be announced in June. For now, please keep the evening of Thursday 9th July free.

Your submisssion:

Don't worry if you can’t answer every question in full — judging is based on qualitative rather than strictly quantitative information.

Now, you can scroll down and start to complete your submission.

Note - if your organisation requires us to receive a purchase order from you to submit, please email us first at imagine@thorntoneducationtrust.org
1. Category - Architecture STEM
Architecture STEM*

This category recognises teaching that connects architecture with science, technology, engineering and maths to inspire creative problem-solving.
2. About you
Full Name (application contact)*

First NameLast Name
School*
Job Title*
E-mail*
Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityCounty/Region

Postal CodeCountry
Phone Number*

Area CodePhone Number
3. About the activity
Who is delivering the activity and what is their job title?*
Activity name*
Activity overview *
Please enter a short description of your lesson, activity or initiative
How many participants? *
Primary age group involved? (if others, please specify)*

Early years (0-5 years)Key Stage 1 (5-7 years)Key Stage 2 (7-11 years)Other
Length of activity*
One off lesson, short term activity or long term engagement. Please be specific.
When did the activity take place?*
Please detail which year and term
4. Activity purpose
Describe your activity in detail. Please explain your approach and the main goal? How does it help pupils connect architecture with science, technology, engineering and maths to inspire creative problem-solving.*
Which curriculum subject(s) if any, does the activity link to? (pick all that apply)*

MathsEnglishScienceGeographyHistoryArtDesign & TechnologyCitizenshipOutdoor learningOff curriculumOther
5. Activity delivery
Please explain how you delivered the activity. What teaching methods were used and what buildings, objects or resources were utilised or created? *
How did you integrate the activity into the curriculum?*
If you did any research before the activity, please describe how the research shaped your approach.
6. Lessons learnt
Were you able to do any evaluation of the activity, if so how? Are you intending on doing this activity again? How has the activity increased pupils understanding of architecture with science, technology, engineering and maths to inspire creative problem-solving. What have you learnt from running this activity?*
7. Quote
Please provide a quote/reflection (if available, otherwise put N/A) on the impact and/or learnings of the activity from pupils.*
8. Reflections and learning
Reflecting on the activity, what have you learnt from this experience? Has it shaped future teaching methods or how you engage with pupils and the built environment going forwards?*
Anything else you wish to add to your application?
9. Upload photos, resources etc
Supporting research and resources to share with other teachers:

Upload a File
Please upload any supporting research or resources that you would be happy to share with teachers to help deliver more built environment education. This will be credited to you and added to our padlet to share with primary schools. Accepted formats: PDF, ZIP, MP3, MPG, AVI, JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF. Max file size: 20MB. Note: Selected images may be used for press and social media. Cancelof
Application supporting materials:

Upload a File
You may upload any other materials that you don’t want to be made public but aids your application. You may upload up to 6 pages (A4) of supporting documents, which can include evidence such as statistics, evaluation summaries, images, press coverage, and testimonials. Accepted formats: PDF, ZIP, MP3, MPG, AVI, JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF. Max file size: 20MB. Note: Selected images may be used for press and social media. Cancelof
Key Image

Upload a File
Accepted formats: JPEG, PNG, PDF. Max file size: 2MB. Images may be used for press and social media. Cancelof
10. Award Details
Name to print on the Award Certificate*
Please be clear and include the teacher, job title, school name
I hereby agree that the information provided on this entry is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. *

Agree
Should be Empty:

1. Category - Architecture STEM

2. About you

3. About the activity

4. Activity purpose

5. Activity delivery

6. Lessons learnt

7. Quote

8. Reflections and learning

9. Upload photos, resources etc

10. Award Details