Proudly sponsored by
MEET OUR KINDNESS AWARD WINNERS for 2024/25!
Thank you all so much for being part of our national Kindness Awards. Reading your nominations has been pure joy.
The judges did not have an easy job – kindness is not easily quantifiable, so it was an incredibly challenging award to judge. Please know that even if you didn’t win an award, what you are doing to spread kindness in your school and community is making a difference to the world and you are all so important. Everyone nominated will receive a certificate.
Now, on to the results…
Meet the winner...
This Outstanding Kindness Award is awarded to an individual pupil who has demonstrated an exceptional level of kindness within their school or community during the 2024/25 school year.
Winner will be announced soon!
Meet the runners up...
The Runner Up will be announced soon!
Meet the winner...
This Outstanding Kindness Award is awarded to an individual adult working within a school who has demonstrated an exceptional level of kindness during the 2024/25 school year.
The Winner will be announced soon!
Meet the runners up...
The Runner-Up will be announced soon!
Meet the winners...
We are delighted to announce that the Knockmore Primary School School Council has won the Collective Kindness Award!
Knockmore Primary’s School Council, known as the Kindness Ambassadors, have spent the past year leading a whole-school initiative to transform their school into a true ‘School of Kindness.’ It all began when Mr Smyth, the Vice Principal, asked the council to prepare an assembly for Anti-Bullying Week. But the children thought bigger: “Wouldn’t it be great if we didn’t even need an Anti-Bullying Week at all?” they asked. They realised the antidote to bullying was kindness.
From that idea, a year-long journey of kindness was born.
They launched weekly ‘Outstanding Kindness’ certificates, encouraging pupils and staff to nominate one another for acts of kindness. They designed kindness activities for Christmas, including handmade decorations, a kindness advent calendar, and a special Christmas kindness booklet. For World Book Day, they created kindness bookmarks and organised a book swap to be kind to the planet.
The Kindness Ambassadors also supported children’s mental health, hosting workshops and assemblies about the power of kindness. They introduced kindness displays in every classroom and throughout the school, inspiring everyone to think about how they could be kinder in their daily lives.
Their efforts reached beyond the classroom. For Random Acts of Kindness Day, they made 80 heart note cards and treat packages for every member of staff, from the caretaker to the dinner ladies, to say thank you. They even secured a Kindness Grant to transform playground benches into Kindness Benches, and have plans to buy kindness-themed books for younger pupils.
The judges were so impressed by the School Council’s creativity, commitment, and the incredible impact of their work.
Jaime Thurston, CEO and Founder of the 52 Lives charity said: “Knockmore’s Kindness Ambassadors actions have had a ripple effect across their whole community. They are an incredible group of young people who are actively creating the kind of world they want to live in.”
Ruth Montgomery, WAU Lead, said: “The Kindness Ambassadors were absolutely delighted to be chosen for this award. As a school we were looking at our school values this year and our Kindness Ambassadors have loved leading on this value of kindness and ensuring it is embedded within the day-to-day life of our school. Simple gestures and unexpected kindness have touched staff, pupils and others within our school community, encouraging even more kindness. This wonderful charity 52 lives School of Kindness has been instrumental in inspiring, equipping and encouraging our Kindness Ambassadors to plan for, lead and celebrate kindness within our school, their homes and this community.’”
Principal, Andrea Hardwick, said: “I am so very proud of all the pupils in Knockmore Primary School for winning this award. It is so much deserved and it is an honour to work in a school with kindness at the centre. This award means so much to our school and community.”
The children will receive £100 in funding towards their kind initiative, subscriptions to The Week Junior and The Happy Newspaper and a kind book bundle for their school library.
Meet the Runners Up...
The Runner-Up will be announced soon.
Meet the winning school...
The Kind School Award is awarded to a school that is creating and embedding a culture of kindness, putting kindness and wellbeing at the heart of what they do.
The winner will be announced soon.
Meet the Runners Up...
The Runner-Up will be announced soon!
PRIZES
When we’re kind, everyone’s a winner! BUT we do also have some special prizes for our Kindness Awards winners.
All nominees, whether winners or not, will receive a certificate congratulating them on being nominated. All winners and runners-up will receive National Kindness Award certificates and trophies.
In addition:
- The Pupil and Adult Kindness Award winners will each receive a £50 gift voucher, a signed book bundle, and a six month subscription to The Week Junior and Happy Newspaper.
- The Collective Kindness Award winners will receive clothing from the kind people at Scamp & Dude, a signed book bundle for the classroom, and a six month subscription to The Week Junior and The Happy Newspaper for the class / group.
- The major Kind School Award winner will receive a ‘School of Kindness’ Picnic Table for their playground donated by the kind people at NBB Recycled Furniture, a plaque to display proudly in their school, the use of a Kind School Award winner logo and a six month subscription to The Week Junior and The Happy Newspaper for their school.
