The Bernice McCabe Award
The PTI’s Bernice McCabe Award promotes and celebrates excellence in subject leadership, recognising departments that put quality subject teaching at the heart of the classroom. The £5,000 prize and trophy is awarded annually to an exceptional department which demonstrates the ethos and values of The PTI through their work within and beyond the curriculum.
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The 2026 winner will be announced at The PTI Awards dinner on the 15th November 2026, alongside The PTI Primary Impact Award. The nominees are:
English Department - Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon
PE Department - Priory School, Lewes
English Department - Thomas Tallis School, Greenwich
The winner of the last year's award was the Maths department at Plashet School, Newham. They won for making significant strides in improving teaching and learning of maths as meaningful, engaging and accessible. Congratulations.
"Our PTI project has strengthened the academic ambition of our curriculum and transformed how students experience mathematics. By deepening subject knowledge, enriching classroom practice and showcasing the beauty and relevance of the subject beyond the syllabus, we have seen students grow in confidence, curiosity and independence. The project has also had a powerful impact on staff development, creating a more reflective and research-informed department with a shared vision for excellence." - Simon La, Head of Maths, Plashet School
Find out more about the nominees, last year's winner (and previous years') by clicking on the tabs above.
Bernice McCabe OBE, who sadly passed away in February 2019, was the founding Co-Director of The PTI and believed in the transformative power of inspiring subject teaching. To remember Bernice, and to promote inspiring work driven by the values of The PTI, we have created the Bernice McCabe Award. The Bernice McCabe Award is awarded annually to a practising subject leader in a PTI member department.
Previous Winners
2025/26, Maths Department - Plashet School, Newham
2024/25, Maths Department - The Warren School, Romford
2023, Geography Department - St Edward's College, Liverpool
2022, Geography Department - Thomas Tallis School, London
2021, Maths Department - Leeds West Academy, Yorkshire
2020, Geography Department - Broadway Academy, Birmingham
2019, Music Department - Mounts Bay Academy, Penzance