Awards and certificates
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These printable and customisable awards and certificates are perfect for celebrating every child's achievements, from academic excellence to character development, with beautifully designed templates that save valuable planning time.
Free awards and certificates
Download our core collection of PDF awards and certificates, including recognition for English, maths and science achievements, plus target-setting templates. Perfect for quick printing and immediate use in your classroom.
Customisable certificates
As a subscriber, you'll have access to our complete range of editable awards and certificates, including:
Academic achievement awards
- Sports star award
- English star award
- Science star award
- Maths star award
- Target reached award
- Home school champion award
Character and wellbeing awards
- Superstar award
- Mindfulness award
- Friendship award
- Kindness award
- Great effort award
- Good listening award
- Helping hands award
- I can do it! award
- Wellbeing champion award
Making the most of your awards and certificates
Here are some lovely ideas that teachers have used to make these awards really special:
- Create a celebration wall. Pop up a display board to showcase certificates. It's amazing how much this inspires the whole class!
- Host weekly celebrations. End your week with a little awards ceremony. The children absolutely love these special moments to celebrate their achievements.
- Build achievement portfolios. Give each child their own special folder to collect certificates throughout the year - these are brilliant to share during parents' evening!
- Encourage peer recognition. Get the children involved by letting them nominate their classmates. It's wonderful for building a supportive classroom community.
- Highlight subject progress. Use subject-specific awards to give that extra boost of confidence, especially in tricky subjects.
- Share successes with families. Send certificates home - parents and carers love seeing their children's achievements!
- Support goal setting. Use awards to celebrate progress towards individual targets.
Remember to be fair and inclusive with your awards - every child deserves their moment to shine, whether it's for academic success, being kind to others or showing fantastic effort.
