Members area

This page is for members of the Engage Teacher Network, a community of teachers in schools in challenging circumstances who share ideas, access inspiring resources and apply for grants to help bring science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) to life for all young people.

Not a member? Find out more and join here.

If you have any questions, get in touch with us at crest@britishscienceassociation.org.

 
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Keep your details up to date!

Are you changing school? Or just updating your email address? Let us know to stay in the Engage Teacher Network and keep receiving support.

Want to sign up a colleague? They will need to provide their own information and sign up here.

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 Important dates

Autumn

10 Sep - grants icon Engage Grants open

17 Sep - Kick Start icon Kick Start Grants open

15 Oct - grants icon Engage Grants close

05 Nov - Kick Start icon Kick Start Grants close

Spring

01 Jan - CREST logo Price changes to Bronze, Silver and Gold CREST Awards

07 Jan - grants icon Engage Grants open

      Jan - Kick Start icon Free British Science Week activity packs available

04 Feb - grants icon Engage Grants close

07 Mar - Kick Start icon British Science Week

 

Engage webinars

Upcoming webinars

4 pm 17 March
Planning for CREST
Do you have questions about the CREST Awards? Or just want to find out more? Learn about where to start, what CREST is, the free resources available and get your questions answered.

 

4 pm 27 March
CREST primary resources
How to make the most of free CREST resources for primary. Learn about running activities with little to no extra equipment, how they link to the topics you teach, and simple modifications for inclusion.

4 pm 02 April
Equipment and materials for CREST and using an Engage Grant
Drop in with any questions about the materials or equipment you might need to run CREST, how you can source this equipment and using an Engage Grant.

 

4 pm 22 April
Delivering CREST at primary
Learn about the different delivery methods for Star, SuperStar and Discovery Awards. Including during curriculum teaching, in a science club, as part of British Science Week and more.

4 pm 08 May
Delivering CREST Awards
Learn from the Engage Buddies about the different ways you can deliver the CREST Awards and how to best engage and support your learners.

 

4 pm 03 June
Submitting CREST Awards
Not sure how to submit for CREST, or what submitting for CREST Awards means? Learn more about how and why you should submit and ask your questions about the process, using a voucher, or the CREST certificates.

Catch up with recordings

Kick Start Grants: application tips webinar

Getting started with CREST (for primary)

Getting started with CREST (for secondary)

Introducing: Engage Simply CREST funding

Engage Grants: application tips webinar

 
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 Engage Buddies

Do you want to talk directly to another teacher about their CREST experiences? Get peer support from another educator who has experience delivering CREST by reaching out to one of the Engage Buddies for one-on-one support.

Available to all members of the Engage Teacher Network, Engage Buddies are here to answer your questions. You can chat via email or request a call to discuss your CREST plans.

We have 11 Engage Buddies from a variety of different settings who are keen to help you bring the joy of the CREST Awards to your classroom!

Coming soon, Buddies support surgeries! Drop in sessions where you can ask your questions to a panel of our Engage Buddies.

 

Funding for the Engage Teacher Network

The British Science Association offers the following funding for schools in the Engage Teacher Network:

Kick Start Grants
£400 to help schools in challenging circumstances organise their own activities and events during British Science Week.

Apply 17 September - 05 November 2024

 

Engage funding
To help UK schools in challenging circumstances run CREST Awards with students who are underrepresented in STEM.

Apply 10 September - 15 October 2024 or 07 January - 04 February 2025

 

Already receiving financial support?

Find the information related to your support for Kick Start Grants, Engage Grants, or Engage Simply CREST:

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Congratulations to schools awarded funding in Autumn 2024

Engage Grants

A B C E F H K L M N O P R S T V W Y

Abraham Moss Community School, Manchester
Alvaston Moor Academy, Derby
Arboretum Primary School, Derby
Atam Academy, Romford

Briarwood School, Bristol
Budehaven Community School, Bude

Cedars College, Gateshead
Chesterfield Primary School, Enfield
Christ Church CE Primary School, Shrewsbury
Corrie Primary School, Manchester

Elmgrove Primary School, Harrow
Eltham Hill School, London
Etive House, St Modan's High School, Stirling

Fairfield High School for Girls, Manchester

Heene Primary School, Worthing
Hemington Primary, Somerset
Holy Family Catholic School, London
Hope Hamilton C of E Primary School, Leicester
Hoyland Springwood Primary School, Barnsley

Kingsley Academy, Hounslow

Longhill High School, Brighton

Madeley School, Crewe
Maltby Hilltop School, Rotherham
Meden School, Mansfield
Micklem Primary School, Hemel Hempstead
Moat House Primary School, Coventry
Moffat Academy, Moffat
Moorside High School, Salford
Mount Pleasant Primary School, Huddersfield
Murdishaw West Community Primary School, Runcorn

Nash Mills C of E Primary School, Hemel Hempstead
Norbury School, Harrow
North Mead Primary Academy, Leicester

Oasis Daventry Road, Bristol
One in a Million School, Bradford
Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy, Stoke-on-Trent
Oughterside Foundation School, Oughterside

Phoenix Primary School, Kent
Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, Brighton and Hove

Raglan CiW VC Primary, Raglan
Red Hall Primary school, Dudley
Rhyl Community Primary School, London
Ridgeway High School, Birkenhead
Riverside Primary School, Hereford

Sacriston Academy, Durham
Shaftesbury Park Primary School, London
Shenley Brook End School, Milton Keynes
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service, London
St Chad's C of E Primary School, Cheshire
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, London
St Joseph's Infant School, London
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Essex
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Salford
St Jude and St Paul's CE Primary School, London
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, London
St Michael's C of E Primary School, Louth
St Oswald's C of E Academy, Rugby
St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy, Dewsbury
Stratton CoE Primary, Cirencester
Swanshurst School, Birmingham

The City Academy Bristol, Bristol
The Orchard Independent Special School, Grimsby
The Portsmouth Academy, Portsmouth
The Victory Academy, Chatham
The Wisbech Academy, Wisbech
Thomas Clarkson Academy, Wisbech
Totnes St John's Church of England Primary School, Totnes
Tunstead Primary School, Norwich

Venerable Bede Church of England Academy, Sunderland
Victoria Primary School, Newtownards

Wallsend Jubilee Primary School, Newcastle
Warddykes Primary School, Arbroath
West Green Primary School, London
Westmorland Primary School, Stockport
Whoberley Hall Primary School, Coventry
Woodlane High School, London

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Engage Simply CREST

A B C D E F H I K L M N O P Q R S T W

Ark Walworth Academy, London

Bank View, Liverpool
Belle Vue Girls' Academy, Bradford
Bishop Burton College, Beverley
Bo'ness Academy, Bo'ness
Brook Green Centre for Learning, Plymouth
Brooklands Community Special School, Skipton
Burscough Priory Academy, Ormskirk

Caister Academy, Great Yarmouth
Castle Wood, Coventry
Challney High School for Girls, Luton
Cressex Community School, High Wycombe
Cwmfelinach Primary School, Caerphilly

Delamere School, Manchester
Drapers' Academy, Romford
Dunscore Primary School, Dumfries

Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls, London
Elmbrook School, Leicester

Falinge Park High School, Rochdale

Haringey Learning Partnership, London
Harris Garrard Academy, Thamesmead
Higham Primary School, Rochester
Holsworthy C of E Primary School, Holsworthy

Ifield Community School, Crawley
Inverclyde Academy, Greenock

Kingsdown School, Essex

Lansbury Bridge School, St Helens

Malmesbury Primary School, Morden
Meriden C of E Primary School, Meriden
Moniaive Primary School, Thornhill
Moor End Academy, Huddersfield

Nishkam School West London, London
Nursery Hill Primary School, Nuneaton

Oasis Academy Foundry, Birmingham
Ombersley Endowed First School, Worcestershire
Outwood Academy City Fields, Wakefield
Outwood Academy Riverside, Middlesbrough

Paganel Primary, Birmingham
Peareswood Primary School, Erith
PikeFold Primary, Manchester
Preston Manor School, Wembley
Priory School, Portsmouth

Q3 Academy Great Barr, Great Barr Birmingham

REAL Education, Mansfield

Scott Medical and Healthcare College, Plymouth
Somercotes Academy, Louth
Spen Valley High School, Liversedge
St Agnes Primary School, Manchester
St Clere's School, Stanford-Le-Hope
St Edmunds Catholic School, Dover
St James Junior School, Cumbria
St John Bosco Arts College, Liverpool
St Mary's Catholic Academy, Blackpool
St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Glasgow
Stoke Damerel Community College, Plymouth
Sunderland Training & Education Farm Ltd, Sunderland

The Pilgrim School, Boston
Torquay Academy, Torquay
Trinity Academy Leeds, Leeds
Twyford CoE High School, London

William Farr School, Lincoln
Willow Brook Primary School Academy, Leyton
Woodberry Down Community Primary School, London
Wright Robinson College, Manchester

Kick Start Grants

A B C D E F G H K L M N

Abbot's Lea School, Liverpool
Acacias Community Primary School, Manchester
Anfield Road Primary School, Liverpool
Anglo European School, Essex
Argyle Primary School, London
Ash Hill Academy, Doncaster
Aylesham Primary School, Canterbury

Batley Grammar School, Wakefield
Bewick Bridge Community Primary School, Cambridge
Birchwood Junior School, Lincoln
Bishop Alexander LEAD Academy, Notts
Blackgates Primary Academy, Wakefield
Brecknock Primary School, London
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, Hythe
Bromesberrow St. Mary's Primary School, Bromesberrow
Brooklands Farm Primary School, Milton Keynes
Brougham Primary School, Hartlepool
Burnley High School, Burnley

Callington Community Oollege, Callington
Castlehill Primary School, Campbeltown
Central Hub Brighton, Brighton
Chapel Break Infant School, Norwich
Closeburn Primary School, Thornhill
Colville Primary School, London
Co-op Academy Delius, Bradford
Co-op Academy Glebe, Stoke on Trent
Co-op Academy North Manchester, Manchester
Cottingley Village Primary School, Bingley
Court Farm Primary School, Birmingham
Creswell Infant and Nursery School, Derbyshire

Dropmore Infant School, Berkshire

Enfield County School for Girls, London Enfield
Eyres Monsell Primary School, Leicester

Foxfield Primary School, London
Fyvie Primary School, Turriff

George Eliot Academy, Nuneaton
Gosford Park Primary School, Coventry
Grange Moor Primary School, Wakefield
Grangetown Primary School, Sunderland
Granton Primary School, London
Green End Primary School, Manchester

Hallmoor School, Birmingham
Hampton High, Hampton
Hanson Academy, Bradford
Harris Academy Beckenham, London
Heene Primary School, Worthing
Henry Fawcett Primary School, London
High Crags Primary Leadership Academy, Bradford
Hodge Hill Girl's School, Birmingham
Horfield CEVC Primary School, Bristol
Hounslow Town Primary School, Hounslow
Howletch Lane Primary School, Peterlee

iCollege Alternative Education Inspiration, Thatcham

Killingholme Primary School, Killingholme
King Charles Primary, Walsall
King's Oak Primary, Greenock
Kirkstyle ELC, South Lanarkshire

Little SERC Creche, Newcastle
Ludgvan School, Penzance

Manchester Road Primary Academy, Manchester
Marden Primary Academy, Herefordshire
Mark First & Pre-school CE Academy, Highbridge
Mellers Primary School, Nottingham
Montpelier Primary School, London
Mossford Green Primary school, Essex
Mowlem Primary School, London
Muirkirk Primary School, Muirkirk

Newfield School, Liverpool
Newland School for Girls, Kingston Upon Hull
Nields Academy, Huddersfield
Nine Maidens Academy, Redruth
North Ormesby Primary Academy, Middlesbrough
North Town Primary School, Taunton
Norwell C of E Primary School, Newark

O P R S T U V W Y

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Manchester
Outwood Academy Riverside, Middlesborough

Paganel Primary School, Birmingham
Pakeman Primary School, Holloway
Parkfield Community School, Birmingham
Pioneer Secondary Academy, Buckinghamshire
Pound Hill Junior School, West Sussex
Priory Integrated College, Holywood
Priory Lane Community School, Scunthorpe

Ralph Sadleir School, Ware
Rasharkin Primary School, Ballymena
Redmarley Primary Academy, Redmarley D'Abitot
Rhyl Community Primary School, London
Ringshall School, Stowmarket
Rivers Academy West London, Feltham
Riversides School, Worcester
RMF Extra Time Project, Crawley
Rumworth School, Bolton

Sacriston Academy, Durham
Shacklewell Primary School, London
Sherbourne Fields School, Coventry
Sir Charles Parsons School, Newcastle upon Tyne
South Molton Community Primary School, South Molton
Southwark Primary School, Nottingham
St Aloysius Catholic Primary, Liverpool
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Milton Keynes
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool
St. David's C of E Primary School, Cheltenham
St John's Primary school, Penge
St Joseph's Infant School, London
St. Joseph's RC Primary School, Salford
St Kenitgern's Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
St Mary's College, Londonderry
St. Mary's Gortnaghey Primary School, Dungiven
St Matthew's C of E Primary School, Newark
St Matthew's Primary School, Luton
St Peter's, Alvescot, Bampton
St Philip Neri RC Primary School, Gateshead
St Stephen's CE Primary, London
St Tudy Church of England Primary School, St Tudy
St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, Holywell
Staincliffe CE Junior School, Batley
Stockton Wood Primary school, Liverpool
Stone Bay School, Kent
Strachur Primary & Pre-5, Cairndow
Stretford High School, Manchester
Suffolks Primary School, Enfield
Sytchampton Endowed Primary School, Worcestershire

The Crescent Primary School, Croydon
The Grove Nursery School, London
The Keystone Academy, Shrewsbury
The Link School Sunderland, Sunderland
The Mosslands School, Wirral
The Parkside School, Norwich
The Trinity School, Colchester
The Warren School, London
Thornden Wood Primary School, Herne Bay
Tilbury Pioneer Academy, Tilbury
Torriano Primary School, London
Trallwn Primary, Swansea
Trevithick Learning Academy, Camborne
Turton Belmont Primary School, Lancashire

University Collegiate School, Bolton
Upton Cross Primary School, London

Villa Real School, Durham

Weare Academy CofE First School, Axbridge
Westborough High School, Dewsbury
Weston Village Primary School, Crewe
Wheeler Primary, Hull
Wilstead Primary School, Bedford
Witham Oaks Academy, Witham
Withnell Fold Primary School, Lancashire
Wivelsfield Primary School, Haywards Heath
Woodlands Infant School, Solihull

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