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Staff Awards 2025

4th Staff Annual Staff Awards

11th July 2025 at the Great Danes Hotel, Maidstone

Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up at the THAT Staff Awards 2025! We celebrated a fantastic evening on 11th July at the Great Danes Hotel in Maidstone, a night filled with recognition, dancing, and well-deserved celebration. Thank you to everyone who helped make the evening such a memorable occasion. 

Nominees and Winners

Below is a list of the awards presented during the evening, and the recipients.

We would like to congratulate them all on their well-deserved achievements, and would also like to take this moment to thank our sponsors, who helped pay for every aspect of the evening.

 
Primary Teacher of the Year

(Sponsored by: Bates Office)

Winner:
Grace Tillett - Miers Court Primary School 

Runners Up:
Vicky Manewell - Deanwood Primary School
Tracey Bowley - The Rowans AP Academy
 
Secondary Teacher of the Year

(Sponsored by: Kent Teaching Solutions)

Winner: 
Jack Monksfield - Hurstmere School 

Runners Up:
Oliver Roberts - The Abbey School 
Aja Martin - The Howard School 
 
Primary Support Staff of the Year

(Sponsored by: SchoolPro TLC)

Winner:
Rachel Fuller - Deanwood Primary School 

Runners Up:
Emma Bomers - Thames View Primary School
Julie Wright - Miers Court Primary School 
 
Secondary Support Staff of the Year

(Sponsored by: SchoolVue)

Winner:
Caroline Ryan - The Abbey School

Runners Up:
Vanessa Cox - Hurstmere School
Carrie Mills - Waterfront UTC 
 
Professional Growth Award

(Sponsored by: LMP Education)

Winner:
Fiona McLean - Waterfront UTC 

Runner Up:
Luisa Samuels - The Howard School
 
Wellbeing Award

(Sponsored by: Optimus Education)

Winner:
Nicola Kamara - The Abbey School 

Runner Up:
Tracey Cavell - Deanwood Primary School
 
Greenest School

(Sponsored By: ADM Computing)

Winner:
Miers Court Primary School
 
Helping Hand Award

(Sponsored by: Taylor Wimpey)

Winner:
Danita Davies - The Abbey School*
*Award Collected by Dr Rowland Speller

Runner Up:
Darren Straight - The Rowans AP Academy
 
Trust Impact Award

(Sponsored by: SchoolHire)

Winner:
Hardeep Hullait - Trust Central Team 

Runner Up:
Adrienne Bradshaw - Thames View Primary School
 
Apprentice of the Year Award

(Sponsored by: LMP Education)

Winner:
Carleigh Heathfield - The Rowans AP Academy 

Runner Up:
Karlie Jones - Temple Mill Primary School
 
Governor of the Year 

(Sponsored by: My New Term)

Winner:
Barbara Fincham - Temple Mill/Thames View Primary Schools 

Runners Up:
Joanna Matthews - The Howard School
 
Central Team Staff Member of the Year

(Sponsored by: Tel Group)

Winner:
Jane Coumbe - Trust Central Team

Runner Up:
Joel Blundell - Trust Central Team
 
Team of the Year

(Sponsored by: EduFin)

Winner:
The Rowans AP Primary Outreach Team - The Rowans AP Academy

Runners Up:
Maths Department - The Howard School
The Admin Team - Hurstmere School
 
Lifetime Achievement

(Sponsored by: Kent Teach.com)

Winner:
Lisa Lewis - Temple Mill Primary School

Runner Up:
Rebekah Greening - The Howard School
 
Special Recognition Award

(Sponsored by: IMP Software | Three R’s teacher Recruitment | Kent Counselling for Schools)

Winner: The Howard School - For Outstanding Academic  Outcomes
 
Special Recognition Award

(Sponsored by: IMP Software | Three R’s teacher Recruitment | Kent Counselling for Schools))

Winner: Thames View Primary School - For Outstanding Outcomes
 
Special Recognition Award

(Sponsored by: IMP Software | Three R’s teacher Recruitment | Kent Counselling for Schools)

Winner: Waterfront UTC - For Outstanding Employer Engagement
 
Special Recognition Award

(Sponsored by: IMP Software | Three R’s Teacher Recruitment | Kent Counselling for Schools)

Winner: 
Rainham Arts Piano Festival Team For Outstanding Teamwork, Communication and Professionalism and Major Concert Performance - Deanwood Primary School / Temple Mill Primary School / Miers Court Primary School

 

With thanks to our Gold Sponsors
 

 

With thanks to our Silver Sponsors

 

With thanks to our Bronze Sponsors

 

With thanks to our Small Supplier and Award Sponsors

 

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