A TEACHER has found himself at the top of the class after coming up with an idea that has netted him £15,000.

Peter Scutt, a science teacher at Isambard Community School, has won the grant of £15,000 to help students in science as part of the ‘Let Teachers SHINE’ competition 2016 which will now allow him to put his award-winning idea into practice.

Teachers had the opportunity to win one of ten grants worth up to £15,000 each to develop their idea and examine the impact it has on pupils under part of the ‘Let Teachers SHINE’ competition 2016. The national competition, run by SHINE, the education charity (Support and Help in Education), is supported by Capita SIMS, and TES.

Mr Scutt put forward a plan to build a science GCSE website to support teachers and children across the UK. He said: “Achieve in Science will provide an online teaching and learning resource that will enable students, parents and teachers to access high quality GCSE resources, including interactive lessons, videos, quizzes, revision games and assessments. It will support students of all abilities and help them to develop their understanding of science through a variety of learning activities.”

Winners were announced at an awards presentation held at the Capita SIMS Annual Conference at the end of last month.

Teachers had the opportunity to win one of ten grants worth up to £15,000 each to develop their idea and examine the impact it has on pupils. The most effective ideas also have the opportunity to be extended and rolled out to more schools in disadvantaged communities.

Paul Carbury, CEO from SHINE said: “The competition saw such a fantastic range of ideas which will, without doubt, help to transform learning for the students who need it most.”

The winning projects will run a year-long pilot from September 2016 to September 2017. There is also the possibility of further funding being awarded for the most successful schemes.