08 Apr 2025
Sustainability projects that turn clothes into furniture, celebratory food and culture days, and even fun facts about geese. These are all things that teachers have been nominated for in the 2025 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards.
The competition, in which anyone can nominate a current primary or secondary teacher, received over 5,000 nominations from 101 different countries this year. With such a vast outpouring of love for teachers around the globe, shortlisting has been particularly tricky.
As well as the more light-hearted side of teaching, nominations also highlighted the important role that teachers have in shaping the lives of their learners. This year, teachers have been commended for tackling big issues in their classrooms, such as climate change, economic hardship and loneliness.
You can now read the 90 shortlisted nominations by going to the Cambridge Dedicated Teacher site; we guarantee the stories will warm your heart.
From everyone here at Cambridge, thank you to teachers everywhere.
Next steps
Our panel of judges now have the unenviable task of deciding on nine regional winners who we will announce on the Cambridge International social media platforms on 23 April 2025.
These lucky winners will appear on a thank you page at the front of our new publishing and will also receive £500 worth of Cambridge books or digital resources, along with a Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards trophy, and promotion for them and their school throughout the year.
Out of these nine winners, the public will then vote on their favourite to become the overall winner of Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards 2025.
Read about the top 90 shortlisted teachers for Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards 2025.
