Enter the Better Planet Awards 2026–27

1. Your school

First, a few details about your school.

School name *

Postcode *

School address *

School phone number *

School website

Type of school *

Is your school in England? *

YesNo

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2. About you

Entries must be submitted by a member of school staff, so we need a way to reach you.

Your name *

Your role at the school *

Your email address *

We will send your confirmation and the result to this address, so please check it carefully.

Direct phone number

Optional. Useful if we need to reach a winner quickly in the summer term.

3. About the project

Now tell us a little about what your students have been doing. The detail goes in the report or video. This is just an overview.

4. Sending us your entry

Students can enter with a written report of up to 1,000 words or a video of up to 3 minutes, whichever shows the project best.

How are your students entering? *

A written report (up to 1,000 words)A video (up to 3 minutes)

Rather than uploading large files, we ask you to share your entry with us using a link.

Written reports and photographs: upload them to Google Drive or OneDrive, and set the sharing to "Anyone with the link" so we can open and download them.

Videos: upload to YouTube as "Unlisted", or to Vimeo, and give us the link.

Before you paste a link, please check it works: open it in a private or incognito browser window, where you are not signed in. If you can see the file there, we will be able to see it too.

Link to your students' report *

Please make sure the report does not include students' full names.

Link to your photographs

Optional. A link to a shared folder is fine.

Link to your video *

YouTube (set to Unlisted), Vimeo, Google Drive or OneDrive.

Can't create a link?

If your school blocks external sharing, send your files using Smash or WeTransfer to awards@betterplaneteducation.org.uk instead. Put your school's name in the message, and tick the box below.

We have sent our files by Smash or WeTransfer

5. Permissions and confirmations

Almost done. Please confirm the following.

This entry is our students' own work. *

We have parental permission for every student who appears in our photographs or video, and we understand that Better Planet Education may use them on its website and social media. Better Planet Education will never publish students' names. *

Download the photography consent form (PDF)

We have read and agree to the competition rules. *

Read the competition rules (opens in a new tab)

We are happy for Better Planet Education to contact us about this entry. *

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