30th June 2025
Shine 2025 – the winners

Congratulations to everyone who came along to the Shine School Media Awards 2025 today. It was a truly fantastic day, celebrating tomorrow’s talent with an incredible atmosphere and the biggest number of schools entering in many years.
Thank you to everyone who came and joined us and well done to all our winning and highly commended students.
Rising Stars
- Blackfen School for Girls, Bexley
- Charlton Cooper, Pate’s Grammar School, Cheltenham
- Oasis Academy Hadley, Enfield
- Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form, Darlington
- Whitworth Park Academy, Durham
Best Magazine Cover
Sponsored by PrintWeek
Winner:
- Bourne Identity, Bourne Grammar School, Lincolnshire
Highly commended:
- The Wall, Ibstock Place School, Roehampton
- The Beacon, King Edward VI’s Handsworth School for Girls, Birmingham
Best Newspaper Front Page
Sponsored by Pureprint Group
Winner:
- The Martlet, Abingdon School, Oxfordshire
Highly commended:
- The Reason, Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton
- Hummersknott Academy, Darlington
Best Illustration and Artwork
Sponsored by The Artworks Illustration Agency
Winner:
- ‘Vice President’ by Luciana Molina-Pethers, St John’s School, Leatherhead, The Eagle
Highly commended:
- ‘Conspiracies’ by Winnie Zhuang, Bromsgrove School Worchester, Two Zero One
- ‘The liberating power of music’ by Miya Hunt, Ibstock Place School, Roehampton, The Wall
Best Design
Sponsored by Barnard & Westwood
Winner:
- The Eagle, St John’s School, Leatherhead
Highly commended:
- EXiA, City of Norwich School
- Café Scientifique, King’s High School, Warwick
Best Printed Publication
Sponsored by The Printing Charity
Winner
- ‘Reveal’, Pate’s Grammar School, Cheltenham
Highly commended:
- The Martlet, Abingdon School, Oxfordshire
- The Beacon, King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls, Birmingham
Best Cartoon
Sponsored by The Cartoon Museum
Winner:
- ‘They say I can serve for life’ by Oliver Merritt, The Martlet, Abingdon School, Oxfordshire
Highly commended:
- ‘Journey of a tardigrade’ by Cherrie Li, Café Scientifique, Kings High School, Warwick
- ‘Bottom’s dream’ by Ciara Herbert, View from the Hill, Lancing College, West Sussex
Best Business and Marketing Strategy
Sponsored by The Worshipful Company of Marketors
Winner:
- Yarm School, North Yorkshire
Highly commended:
- Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton
Best Sustainability Initiative
Sponsored by Picon
Winner:
- The Wall. Ibstock Place School, Roehampton
Highly commended:
- Reveal, Pate’s Grammar School, Cheltenham
- Dovecote, Yarm School, North Yorkshire
Best Photograph
Sponsored by Sign Specialists
Winners:
- ‘A view on the river’ by Alexander Nixon-Newton, The Durham Eye, Durham School, Durham
- ‘Blyth pier’ by Cooper Bartlett, MOSAIC, Whitworth Park Academy, Durham
Highly commended:
- ‘Dancing in a field’ by Jamine Dent, The Wall, Ibstock Place school, Roehampton
- ‘Shattering expectations’ by Katie Drinkhall, Term, Tarporley High School & Sixth Form College, Chester
The Peter Day Award for Best Audio
Sponsored by Voodoo
Winner:
- ‘The QE podcast’, Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Darlington
Highly commended:
- ‘A question of colour: Black boys in education’, Oasis Academy Hadley, Enfield
- ‘The study room’, Global Academy, Hayes
Writer of the Year: Fiction
Sponsored by The Stationers’ Foundation
Winner:
- ‘Within these roots’ by Chloe Dent, Ibstock Place School, Roehampton
Highly commended:
- ‘Election’ by Adam Anderson, Durham School, The Durham Eye
- ‘The weight of perfection’ by Ria Ghick, The Termlyn Crown, Seven Kings School, Ilford
Writer of the Year: Non-Fiction
Sponsored by The Stationers’ Foundation
Winner:
- ‘Roofs are history’ by Ruby Wilmore, KTS News, The Knights Templar School, Baldock
Highly commended:
- ‘On privilege’ by Izzy Moss, Ciara Herbert and Sophia Williamson, View from the Hill, Lancing College, West Sussex
- ‘When culture becomes crime’ by Danai Mowoko, Yarm School, North Yorkshire
Editor of the Year
Sponsored by Denmaur Paper Media
Winners:
- Lucy Green, The Durham Eye, Durham School
- Rebecca Flinn, #Osborne, School Osborne, Winchester
Highly commended:
- Martha Hutchins, Insight – Journeys, Blacken School for Girls, Bexley
- Georgia Ifil, Park Life, Prior Park College, Bath
Best article on a designated topic: ‘Leaders of tomorrow’
Sponsored by Bobst UK & Ireland
Winner:
- ‘How to start an authoritarian regime’, by Edi Lea, City of Norwich School, Norwich
Highly commended:
- ‘A question of colour: Black boys in education’, by Jeffrery Odoom, Jibril Brimah, Kayden Makangu, Ridwan Mohamud, Sami Isuk, Wesley Kommogne, Zion Muinailv, Oasis Academy Hadley, Enfield
- ‘Is the pen really mightier than the sword’, by Barnaby Fox, Wrapped magazine, Reed’s School, Cobham
Most Inspirational Teacher
Sponsored by Shepherds Bookbinders
Winner:
- George Barrett, Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton
Highly commended:
- Annabel Sims, Kings High School, Warwick
- Kate Bartlett, Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith
- Antonia Breslin, Yarm School, North Yorkshire
Scoop of the Year
Sponsored by The London Press Club
Winner:
- ‘The Natalie Queioroz interview’ by Madeeha Daud, The Beacon, King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls, Birmingham
Highly commended:
- ‘The Pontecorovos: Abingdon family who disappeared.’ By James Henderson, The Martlet, Abingdon School, Oxfordshire
- ‘Walking through a landslide’ by Devanandha Rajesh, NEST: Non-European Stories Told, Attleborough Academy, Norfolk
- ‘Why young votes matter: insight from Sir Lindsay Hoyle’, by Ewan Dragota Bourne Identity, Bourne Grammar School Lincolnshire
Best Overall Content: Print
Sponsored by Heidelberg Graphic Equipment
Winner:
- The Beacon – King Edward V1 Handsworth School for Girls, Birmingham
Highly commended:
- EXiA, City of Norwich School
- The Scientific Latymerian, Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith
- Term, Tarporley High School & Sixth Form College, Chester
Best Overall Content: Online/Digital
Sponsored by SDS Group
Winner:
- MOSAIC – Whitworth Park Academy, Durham
Highly commended:
- WHTV, Wycombe High School, Buckinghamshire, Durham
- The Castle Spring Edition 2025, Reigate Grammar School, Surrey
Best Magazine: Single Topic
Sponsored by Hearst UK
Winner:
- The Eagle, St John’s School, Leatherhead
Highly commended:
- Café Scientifique, Kings High School, Warwick
- The Scientific Latymerian, Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith
Best Magazine: General
Sponsored by Hello!
Winner:
- Bourne Identity, Bourne Grammar School, Lincolnshire
Highly commended:
- The Beacon – King Edward V1 Handsworth School for Girls, Birmingham
Best Newspaper
Sponsored by the Daily Mail General Trust
Winner:
- The Martlet, Abingdon School, Oxfordshire
Highly commended:
- The Reason, Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton
- Hummersknott Academical, Hummersknott Academy, Darlington
The Terry Mansfield Award for Tomorrow’s Talent
Sponsored by Picon
Winner:
- Maximillian Jen, Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith
Highly commended:
- Tristan Clark-Lam, Abingdon School, Oxford
- Bella Cooms, St John’s School, Leatherhead
The Harrison Cup
Sponsored by The Worshipful Company of Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Winner:
- Yarm School, North Yorkshire