Conference Awards 2025

Lead Well - Live Well - Move Well

Awards Dinner - Tuesday 25 March
Conference - Wednesday 26 March
Telford International Centre

The Youth Sport Trust Awards 2025 celebrates schools, settings, trusts and individuals who, working alongside the Youth Sport Trust over the past year, have made a real and impactful change to the lives of young people. 

The award categories are: 

• Outstanding Early Years Practice - Awarded to a setting that has placed physical literacy at the heart of their curriculum, ensuring that learners’ physical, social and emotional health is central. 

• Outstanding Multi-Academy Trust Practice - Awarded to a Multi-Academy Trust that places pupil and staff wellbeing at the heart of the trust, delivering a co-ordinated approach to leveraging PE, play and sport to support resilient learners.

• Outstanding Primary Practice - Awarded to a primary school that has used PE, sport and play to build a foundation for learning through prioritising the health and happiness of their young people.

• Outstanding Secondary Practice - Awarded to a secondary school that has used PE, sport and play to build back healthier, happier and more resilient young people. 

• Outstanding Inclusive Practice - Awarded to a special, Pupil Referral Unit or Alternative Provision school that that has used PE, sport and play to re-engage young people, many of whom face varying complex challenges, in their education outside of a mainstream setting. 

• Outstanding Contribution to your Place - Awarded to an Early Years setting, primary, secondary, special school or organisation which has harnessed the power of PE, sport and play to develop ways of working which bring local stakeholders and people from their community together to build healthier, happier and more resilient young people.

• Campbell Award - Network Leader / Local Influencer Award - Awarded to a network leader who has influenced change in their area that has positively impacted on schools and young people through PE, sport and play. 

What happens next?

The judging panels will use the following criteria when assessing entries. How the organisation/person: 

• Through working alongside Youth Sport Trust has made a real and impactful change to the lives of young people 
• Used PE, sport or play to build healthier, happier and more resilient young people 
• Increased young people’s participation in PE, sport or play 
• Increased young people’s enjoyment of PE, sport or play.

If your award nomination is shortlisted: 

• A representative of your school/organisation will be required to attend the Awards ceremony on 25 March in Telford, Shropshire 
• You may be required to take part in some on-site filming at your school/organisation, prior to the awards ceremony, to capture footage, which may then be incorporated into the ceremony and may also be shared with the media and on social media.