The Primary Engineer Leaders Award

06/06/2026

03/12/2025

We kickstarted December with another engineer interview, this time with the wonderful Dr Vincent Giampietro, a Neuroscientist (a brain engineer) from King's College London! 🧠

We found out how Vincent and his team tries to understand how the brain works, how and why it can go wrong and how using machines like an MRI scanner can help with research and seeing what's happening.

Huge thank you to all the pupils who joined us!

We can’t wait to see your pupils’ annotated drawings of how their ideas would work and to read their letters explaining why their design should be built. Every child receives a personalised certificate with feedback from a professional engineer, so make sure to send us your entries once they’re complete!

👉 Not yet signed up? There’s still time to join this year’s Leaders Award competition. Register your school today through the link in our bio and give your pupils the amazing opportunity to take part!

20/11/2025

A huge thank you to James May, an ex-LEGO designer, for joining us for our live Engineer Interview this morning!

We learnt about James’ journey from childhood Lego enthusiast to professional toy designer, his experiences working at Lego and some insight into his current role at Polydron, a UK-based educational toy company.

We had a huge number of teachers and pupils from around the UK tune in and ask the questions that they really wanted to know such as the technical and creative processes involved in designing Lego sets and educational toys.

We can’t wait to see your pupils’ annotated drawings and letters explaining their ideas and designs. Every child receives a personalised certificate with feedback from a professional engineer, so don’t forget to send in your entries once they’re ready!

👉 Not yet signed up? There’s still time to join this year’s competition. Register your school today and give your pupils the amazing opportunity to take part! https://leadersaward.com/

05/11/2025

Behind the scenes industry visit 🤩

As part of our competition, schools get the opportunity to be introduced to an engineer and on occasion, visit one of our partners as part of an industry site visit.

GE Aerospace, one of our Scottish competition partners, have been running these visits for a few years now and today Greenfaulds High School were the first of five schools this academic year to visit ✈️

This engagement introduces pupils to inspiring engineering professionals they can identify with, helps broaden knowledge and career aspirations and dismantles stereotypes. These pupils from Greenfaulds High School then identified a problem in the world around them and came up with a creative, engineered solution to that problem forming their competition entry. We can't wait to see what ideas they came up with!

Learn more about the competition here: https://leadersaward.com/the-competition/

05/11/2025

🎆 A Bonfire Night Special! 🎆

A huge thank you to Adam Murray, owner of BPM SFX Ltd, for joining us live yesterday for an explosive Engineer Interview! 💥

Adam shared his incredible journey in the events and entertainment industry, where engineering meets artistry! From live productions and sporting events to festivals and TV studios across Europe (and beyond!), Adam and his team use cutting-edge technology and creative engineering to light up the stage! 🔥✨

We hope all the classes who tuned in are feeling inspired to look at the world around them and think about how engineering can bring creativity to life, whether that’s through sound, light, lasers or special effects! 💡🎇

We can’t wait to see your pupils’ annotated drawings and letters explaining their ideas and designs. Every child receives a personalised certificate with feedback from a professional engineer, so don’t forget to send in your entries once they’re ready!

👉 Not yet signed up? There’s still time to join this year’s Leaders Award competition. Register your school today through the link https://leadersaward.com/about/ and give your pupils the amazing opportunity to take part!

03/11/2025

We are looking for some talented Graphic Designers to join our team.

If you can help us create some designs like this please submit your portfolio to [email protected]!

31/10/2025

Join us on Thursday 20th November at 9:30 for a fantastic interview with James May, the LEGO designer who turned a childhood passion into a career! See how he navigated the world of art, design, and engineering to create some of your favourite sets.

Plus, hear how his skills now bridge the gap, exploring the fun challenge of designing for both retail shelves and the classroom!

This interview would be suitable for:
⭐️ Key Stage 1 (ages 5-7)
⭐️ Key Stage 2 (ages 7-11)

"If you were an engineer, what would you do?" is a free UK-wide competition open to all pupils aged 3-19. Participating UK schools and home educators have the fantastic opportunity to meet an inspiring engineer with our live engineer interview series. Sign up for the competition for free and register your school for the interview here: https://leadersaward.com/resource-area-registration/

23/10/2025

Lights, Lasers, Actions! Mark your calendars for Tuesday 4th November at 1pm! 🎉

We're bringing you a show-stopping live engineer interview on Tuesday 4th November live at 1pm with Adam Murray, owner of BPM SFX Ltd, supplies all levels of special effects and lasers to live event productions, sporting events, festivals and TV studios all over Europe and beyond.

With the most advanced cutting-edge technology and equipment, Adam’s work combines art and engineering!

It’s an opportunity for Key Stage 3 (ages 11-14) and Key stage 4 & beyond (ages 14-19) to find out what a career in the events and entertainment industry looks like!

"If you were an engineer, what would you do?" is a free UK-wide competition open to all pupils aged 3-19. Participating UK schools and home educators have the fantastic opportunity to meet an inspiring engineer with our live engineer interview series. Sign up for the competition for free and register your school for the interview here: https://leadersaward.com/resource-area-registration/