8 / NEWS & STAR newsandstar.co.uk Saturday August 17, 2019 NEWS FEATURE Twitter: @newsandstar facebook.com/newsandstar Best of the best: Golden Apples finalists revealed Excellence in education at all levels is being rewarded once again at Newsquest ’s Golden Apple Awards - showcasing amazing achievements and dedication

UDGING has taken place and the finalists can now be revealed for The Golden Apple Awards 2019. JThe awards will showcase true excellence in education across all levels of learning in Cumbria, highlighting everything from outstanding care to young children to amazing academic achievement. Finalists feature inspirational figures from classrooms and lecture theatres, as well as those who go above and beyond to make us achieve our very best. They also highlight collective Armstrong Watson - who are and individual successes which, among the event’s sponsors - and quite rightly, fuel hope for an Newsquest Cumbria journalist innovative and bright future for Pamela McGowan. the county. Pamela said: “The standard of TOUGH TASK: Three of the awards judges, from left, Cherry Tingle, Pamela McGowan and Dr Signy Henderson Finalists in the awards, which nominations was high and really will be presented during a did showcase the great talent and TRAINING PROVIDER celebration at Energus, Lillyhall, potential we have in Cumbria. n System People in October, can be revealed as Judging was a real difficult job.” n Cumbria Learning students receive their A-level Newsquest Cumbria publishes and Improvement results. The Cumberland News, Times & Collaborative The Golden Apple Awards, Star, The Whitehaven News, News BEST INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT presented by Newsquest & Star and The Mail. INITIATIVE Cumbria in association with n LLMAC, Beaconhill the University of Cumbria Meet the finalists n UTC/Morgan Sindall and Cumbria Local Enterprise BEST SECONDARY SCHOOL n Primary Business Partnership, are a firm favourite Partnership on the county’s education n Energy Coast UTC n Furness BEST INCLUSION INITIATIVE calendar. n Cumbrian Academy for Hundreds of nominations were n BEST PRIMARY SCHOOL Autism received. The task of judging n n Stanwix Primary People First them was carried out by former n Kick Start, Furness winner Cherry Tingle of Energy School n Bishop Harvey Academy Coast UTC, Dr Singy Hederson, n Kiddleywinks dean for student services at the Goodwin n North Walney BEST NEWCOMER BRIGHT FUTURE: Some of the 2018 winners. Successes from the class of University of Cumbria, Karen n Jonathan Carswell, BEST LEARNING, DEVELOPMENT AND 2019 will be toasted in style at a celebration in October Thomson, of accountancy firm College n Jamie-Lee Robinson, Lakes n College College Jo Atkinson, n n Benjamin McKenna, Glaxo n Hope Redmond, UTC Paul Slater, North Walney SmithKline BEST EDUCATION AND LEARNING Primary n Matthew Tognarelli, People LEADER BEST EARLY YEARS PROVIDER n First n Andrew Beattie, Pennine Hunter Hall Pre- HEALTH AND WELLBEING Way School n n n Judith Schafer, Cumbria Kiddlywinks, Penrith n n University of Futures Federation St Peter’s Nursery, Carlisle BEST COMMUNITY INITIATIVE Cumbria n Clare Render, Good Shepherd n n Active Cumbria, Cumbria BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY Energy Coast UTC n County Council n Dalton St Mary’s CE Primary - Academy n Chance Camp School Calling n n Bike Club Beacon Hill n North Allerdale Development Cumbria Constabulary and Winners of the eagerly- Trust Limited Ewanrigg Junior School n anticipated awards for Against BEST TEACHING PROFESSIONAL Girls Gang CCC and UoC BEST APPRENTICE All Odds and Person of the n Mark Bailey, Netherhall CELEBRATING SUCCESS: The Golden Apple Awards will once again be n Year will be announced on the School Daniel Jackson, Innovia hosted by popular Cumbrian journalist and broadcaster Julie Clayton n Chloe Wagstaff, Furness evening.