
YOUR VOICE, YOUR CHOICE
Meet the Top 10 shortlisted schools for 2026
and vote for your favourite!
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Canada Royal Arts High School
Vancouver, Canada
Canada Royal Arts High School, a private secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is prioritising student potential as the driver for its progressive co-curricular learning model that integrates IQ, interests, psychology, motivation, and EQ with course performance to build a comprehensive plan that closes the gap between who students are and the pathways they’re put on.
Felicitas Irazusta
“Educational-Sport Complex” Enterprise of “Gazprom Armenia” CJSC
Yerevan, Armenia
“Educational-Sport Complex” Enterprise of “Gazprom Armenia” CJSC, an independent kindergarten, primary, and secondary school in Yerevan, Armenia, is redefining what holistic education can look like by embedding physical health, emotional wellbeing, nutrition, resilience, and mental wellness into every aspect of school life.
Pilar Lacruz
G-School
Seoul, South Korea
G-School, an independent secondary school in Seoul, South Korea, where every student leads a long-term social problem-solving project from the moment they enrol that is layered into the learning curriculum to ensure they graduate with a real product, campaign or startup already making an impact.
Felicitas Irazusta
IES Alba Plata
Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz, Spain
IES Alba Plata, a public secondary school in Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz, Spain, is using its environmental action learning model to activate student-led circular economy projects that leverage science and the environment to solve real problems in the learner’s local environment.
Pilar Lacruz
PCMC Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj English Medium School
Pune, Maharashtra, India
PCMC Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj English Medium School, a public kindergarten, primary and secondary school in Kasarwadi, Pune, Maharashtra, India, is innovating by treating reading as a cultural practice rather than a curriculum requirement — centering student agency, choice, and voice through a democratic library model where students curate collections and become published authors, supported by teachers who are readers themselves rather than only reading instructors.
Felicitas Irazusta
Hybrid @London Park School
London, UK
Hybrid @London Park School, a private secondary school in London, UK, is confronting one of education’s most pressing challenges by redesigning how school works for persistently absent students so that they feel safe, seen and able to re-engage with learning.