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Learners who have excelled in their assessments are not the only ones recognised at our annual Showcase. The celebration also features three additional categories alongside the Young Speaker Awards. Our ‘Spirit of ESB’ Awards recognise and encourage the potential of all learners, rewarding individuals who show great promise in their assessments. Our 2019 Spirit of ESB winners are: -

She said: “I am thrilled and delighted to accept this award - what a lovely surprise! My work at Belfast Met is rewarding in itself so to win an award is the icing on the cake”.

Finally, the prestigious Richard Ellis Award, in memory of ESB’s former Trustee and Honorary Treasurer, Richard Ellis, rewards an individual who has shown outstanding dedication to ESB. This year’s winner is long-standing Assessor Georgina Marland.

Daniel Apetrei Broadfields Primary School, London

Mason McNamara Broadfields Primary School, London

Liam Hart Broadfields Primary School, London

Georgina Marland

Tim Ye Plymouth Grove Primary School, Manchester

Georgina who has been an ESB teacher and then Assessor for more than 30 years, was herself an ESB learner and in her first ESB exam was assessed by ESB’s founder Christabel Burniston. She continued to progress through the graded examinations and finally took a teaching diploma in Speech and Drama. She said: “As a learner, teacher and assessor, ESB has been a big part of my life. For that reason, I’m absolutely thrilled to be selected for this award as it’s a tremendous honour for me. It also comes as a complete surprise! Being an ESB assessor is such an invaluable and rewarding opportunity to celebrate learning and it has given me many years of pleasure. Each relationship I build with the learners allows me to experience their success and provides me with very many proud moments”. Chief Executive, Tina Renshaw, says, “We are definitely in for a treat with the outstanding performances we have lined up for the day. The positive impact that ESB assessments have had on our wonderful winners will, I’m sure, be evident on the day”.

Guy Odams Heathfield Community School, Worcestershire

Our second major award, given annually, is the Burniston Bell Award, named in honour of our founder, Christabel Burniston and our Honorary President, Jocelyn Bell. This accolade is presented to an ESB teacher who has shown outstanding commitment to promoting the organisation’s values.

Juliet Meighan

This year’s winner is Juliet Meighan, a teacher of learners with special educational needs and disabilities at Belfast Met, Northern Ireland’s largest college. Offering further and higher education as well as vocational education, past students have included newsreader John Irvine and TV presenter Eamonn Holmes. Juliet works as a tutor in the college’s Centre for Supported Learning and co-ordinates ESB’s ICE qualifications.

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