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Student Awards 2026

Take a look at our special night celebrating students!

All Awards Winners hold their certificates

Guests await to enter the hall before the awards

Claire Preston and Yasmin Khan chat with staff before the awards start

Tutors wait to go into the hall

Catering and Hospitality students serve canapes to guests

Cleveland Police representatives chat before the awards start

BearTech representatives

Music Practice students perform for guests before the awards start

Students wait to head into the hall for the awards

Travel, Tourism and Aviation Student of the Year, Grace Hill, with family

Guests mingle before the awards start

Defrim Demucaj and guests chat with tutors

Jamie Hunter mingles will colleague

Muckle LLP representatives mingle

Cleveland Police representatives

Kath Hawking Jonathan Inglesfield

MC Digital Student Winner, Heidi Appleby, with guests

Representatives from SNE Care Services

Representatives from Southern Assess Management

Catering and Hospitality Adult Winner with guest and tutors

Student Leadership Winner and guest

Pneuma Groups' representatives

ESOL Adult Winner with guests and tutor

Social Care Student Winner and guest

ESOL Student of the Year and guest

Audience await the start of the Student Awards 2026

Hosts of the evening, Aimey Adamson and Matt Telling

The audience watch the awards

Deputy Principal and Host, Aimey Adamson

RS Industrial Services representatives watch the awards

Muckle LLP, Cassie Woodier, with A Level Student of the Year, Milly Lonsdale Marr

PD Ports' Emma Dickinson, with Access the Higher Education Student of the Year, Ionica Petra

Claire Preston, with Art and Design Student of the Year, Chloe Mudd

Business Student of the Year Leo Honeyman, with Southern Asset Management's Julie Burniston.

Holiday Inn Express's Vicky Scott, with Catering and Hospitality Student of the Year, Nieve Taylor

Pneuma Groups' Becki Leggatt, with Catering and Hospitality Adult Learner of the Year, Jade Savage

Zizu's Day Care & Learning Centre's Nicci Rahman-Knight, with Childcare Student of the Year, Nicole Plews

Zizu's Day Care & Learning Centre's Nicci Rahman-Knight, with Childcare Adult of the Year, Donna Roberts

MGL Group's Greg Chapman, with Construction Brickwork Student of the Year, Kelsey Riley

Morgan Sindall's Sinead Moloney, with Construction Electrical Installation Student of the Year, Lawand Wahed

ERW Joinery's Phil Tye, with Construction Carpentry and Joinery Student of the Year, Robin Dodds

High Tide Foundation's Claire Preston, with Construction Plumbing Student of the Year, Max Allison

Meldrum Groups' Tracy Cuthbertson, with Construction Civil and Surveying Student of the Year, Isobel Wilson

K2 Construction Management's Rachel Massey, with Construction Multi Skills, Trade Occupations Student of the Year, Callum Hart.

ITS Ltd's Kaitliyn Atkinson, with TTE Electrical and Electronic Engineering Student of the Year, Jake Baker-Blackburn

Tees Components' Claire Meadows, with the mother of TTE (Mechanical, Machining and Manufacturing) Engineering Student of the Year, Thomas Marshall

RS Industrial Services' Mark Cawley, with TTE Instrumentation and Control Student of the Year, Harry Martin

Wilton Engineering's John Price, with TTE Renewables (Wind Turbine Tech) Student of the Year, Owen Hodgson

Quorn Foods' Mike Price, with TTE Process & General Engineering Student of the Year, Lexi Ryan

On behalf of Steel Benders,Associate Director John Cooke, with TTE Mechatronics Student of the Year, Brandon Theakston

ESOL Student of the Year, Lana Alhassan, with Executive Director of Inclusive Learning Craig Duggan, on behalf of Thirteen Group

The Halo Project's Yasmin Khan, with ESOL Adult Learner of the Year, Mohammed Alanizi

BearTech's Rob Boville, with Roots Learner of the Year, Kira White

ITS Ltd's Kaitliyn Atkinson, with ACL Bootcamps & Bespoke Employer-Led Provision Learner of the Year, Andrea Cox

MGL Group's Greg Chapman, with Associate Director Fiona Kempton, on behalf of ACL Basic Skills Learner of the Year, Jamishid Danishjoy

Performing Arts Dance students perform showcase their talent

Performing Arts Dance students perform showcase their talent

Performing Arts Dance students perform showcase their talent

Deputy Principal and Host, Aimey Adamson

Hosts of the evening, Aimey Adamson and Matt Telling

The audience watch the awards

Southern Assets Management representatives watch the award

PD Ports' Emma Dickinson, with Executive Director of Inclusive Learning, Craig Duggan, collecting on behalf of Supported Intern Student of the Year, Thomas Reader

Ward Hadaway LLP's Ged Flanagan, with Inclusive Learning Student of the Year, Abigail Everest

Southern Asset Management's Ryan Southern with Chair of Governors, Laura Woods, collecting the award for Hair and Beauty Student of the Year, Rubie Hold

Holiday Inn Express's Vicky Scott, with Hair and Beauty Adult Learner of the Year, Kerri Middleton

Quron Foods' David Eales, with Health Student of the Year, Joe Whitfield

James Cook University Hospital's Sarah Brooks, with CTL Alfie Scott, on behalf of Nursing and Midwifery Student of the Year, Jess Garner

SNE Care Services' Tracey Hugill, with Social Care Student of the Year, Defrim Demucaj

SNE Care Services' Tracey Hugill, with Social Care Adult of the Year, Natalie Parker

Work Ready Collective's Claire Preston, with Motor Vehicle of the Year, Oscar Coates

The Welding Institute's Kevin Dunn, with Associate Director Alan Jones, on behalf of Welding Student of the Year, Izaac Golden

MC Digital Student of the Year, Heidi Appleby, with CTL Cher Griffiths, on behalf of MCD Systems.

On behalf of HR Alchemy, Tutor Jess McGuiness, with Music Technology and Practice Student of the Year, Finn Simpson-Murphy

Performing Arts and Theatre Operations Student of the Year, William Speight, with Wilton Engineering's Andy Ryder

Tees Business's Millie Smith with Fashion Communication Student of the Year, Sandra Sobisz

Cleveland Police's Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Fox, with tutor Aaron Carabine, on behalf of Public Services Student of the Year, Ellenor Bunce.

Muckle LLP, Cassie Woodier, with Sport and Leisure Student of the Year, Morgan Muldowney

Molson Group's Will Morris, with Sports Academy Student of the Year, Henry Chapman

Teesside International Airport, Tom Berwick, with Travel, Tourism and Aviation Student of the Year, Grace Hill

BearTech's Ali Boville, with University Centre Middlesbrough Student of the Year, Joel Routh

Casper Shipping's Luke Symmonds and Calum Watson, with Student Leadership Award Winner Katie Marshall

Cleveland Police's Sara Lightfoot, with Community Champion Award Winner, Zakiya Hanif Jones

On behalf of Thirteen Group, Assistant Principal Rachel Gray, with Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Award Winner, Callum Hutchinson

Group Business Development Director and Host, Matt Telling

On behalf of Steel Benders, Tutor Jamie Hunter, with Student Endeavour Award (In memory of Grace Measor) Winner, Jayden Brazell-Owens

Deputy Principal, Gary Potts, addresses the audience

Overall Student of the Year, Isobel Wilson, walks to the stage to collect her award

Deputy Principal Gary Potts, with Overall Student of the Year, Isobel Wilson

Overall Adult Learner of the Year, Mohammed Alanizi, walks to the stage to collect his award

Deputy Principal Gary Potts, with Overall Adult Learner of the Year, Mohammed Alanizi

All Awards Winners hold their certificates

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