
The Scottish Education Awards were first launched in November 2001 by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Daily Record, with the specific aims of celebrating the successes and recognising the achievements taking place within Scottish education.
Entry to the Awards is open to all publicly funded schools, including secondary, primary, nursery and special schools. There is a wide variety of categories to enter which are linked to the Curriculum for Excellence Programme and that also recognise the dedication and commitment of teaching staff and education supporters.
Details of the 2009 category winners are available.

The Scottish Education Awards are linked to the UK-wide National Teaching Awards, which are managed by the Teaching Awards Trust. 2008 saw five of the Scottish Education Award winners going forward with two winning a Teaching Award. Shawlands Academy won the DCSF Award for Sustainable Schools and Mr David Miller from St Ninian's High School won the Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School.