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Let Teachers SHINE

Please read the following statements carefully before you begin your application form. Projects that do not meet these criteria are unlikely to progress past the shortlisting stage. For more information, please read our Application Guidelines and FAQs

All questions marked with a * are mandatory, and you will not be able to submit your application form without answering them.

I will be a qualified teacher working within a school or other 0-18 educational setting by September 2026

I agree

My project aims to improve academic outcomes for children from low-income families

I agree

My project will benefit children in the North of England

I agree

My project is NOT:

a) A capital build (like a sensory garden or sports hall)

b) Requesting more than 50% of the budget for resources (equipment, licenses, IT hardware, books, etc.)

I agree

APPLICATION FORM

A1 - Project Overview

Project Name

This is what your project is called.

Proposed Start Date:

This is the estimated start date of your project.

Start Year:

What is the academic year your project will start? e.g. 2026

End Year:

What is the year your project will end? e.g. 2027

Duration of project (in years):

Over how many academic years would your project run? This will automatically calculate based on your start and end year.

Region(s):

Where do you intend to run the project? (50 character limit)

Name of Teacher Leading Project:

A2 - Applicant School Details

Type of School

If 'other', please specify here:

School Name

What is the name of the school you are currently teaching at?

Street Address

Town

County

Postcode

Name of Head Teacher or Trust CEO

First Name

Last Name

Email of Head Teacher or Trust CEO

Name of Finance Contact

First Name

Last Name

Phone Number of Financial Contact

Email of Financial Contact

Name of Chair of Governors / Trustees

A3 - Applicant Details

First name of applicant

Last name of applicant

Contact Telephone Number

Please make sure you fill in all the contact details correctly (including mobile number) so that we can contact you if you are shortlisted.

Mobile number (Optional)

Email Address

Please make sure you fill in all the contact details correctly so that we can contact you if you are shortlisted.

Your role at school

A4 - Costs

G1 - How much are you requesting from SHINE? (up to £25,000 over 2 years)

Please enter the figure you are requesting from SHINE as a whole number only e.g. 20000

G2 - Please enter the amount of funds that you are requesting from any match funding (income from sources other than SHINE):

Of the total project cost, what is the amount requested from sources other than SHINE? This must be entered as a numerical figure, e.g. 20000.

G3 - The total cost of the project

This will automatically be calculated based on the information provided in G1 and G2.

G4 - If the grant request to SHINE will only cover part the cost of the project who will provide the remaining funds?

This is not compulsory. We accept competition entries that have some match funding in place, e.g. 'in kind' from your school or another funder. Please detail here who this is from if applicable.

G5 - What is the total expenditure on resources (equipment, licences, IT hardware, books etc.) for the project? Please note, this cannot exceed 50% of the total budget

Please enter the figure you intend to spend on equipment or resources as a whole number only e.g. 1000. We will pay for administrative support and for cover should you need to take time out of the classroom to design and deliver the project. We will not fund ideas where the total equipment costs are over 50% of the total budget.

B - Your Project Idea

B1 - Please provide a brief overview of the project in a couple of sentences and what this grant will enable you to achieve. (Word limit: 70 words)

B2 - Subject focus of project

C - Who will it help?

C1 - Number of students directly involved in the project

This section tells us about the students you want to support. If your idea is at an early stage, please provide your best estimates. This needs to be entered as a numerical figure, e.g. 100 or 35.

C2 - Age range

E.g. 10-12 or 4-6

C3 - Pupil Premium Eligible (estimated % meeting this criteria)

Please enter numerical value, e.g. 44

C4 - Other indicators of economic disadvantage (estimated % meeting this criteria)

E.g. EAL, SEND, FSM percentages. Please enter in numerical figure.

If Other indicators of economic disadvantage, please give details below

What is the figure above related to? 250 words maximum.

D - You and Your Project

D1 - Please tell us something about your background and your motivation for applying (Word limit: 200 words)

Let Teachers SHINE is as much about investing in great teachers as it is supporting great ideas. Please use this section to tell us about more about your teaching journey and why you have decided to apply to us.

D2 - What is the problem you are seeking to address? Does this problem exist beyond your own school? How do you know? (Word limit: 250 words)

We’d like to know what the problem is that you have identified (make sure this relates to our key criteria). We are interested in funding ideas that have the potential to be grow if successful. It is therefore important that this is a problem that exists beyond your school.

D3 - How will your idea solve the problem you have outlined above. (Word limit: 500 words)

The solution: one of the biggest reasons that applications are not shortlisted is because it is not clear what their idea is and how it will be implemented. It may help to read this section out to a colleague to see if you have clearly described your idea.

D4 - How is your proposal different or an improvement on what already exists? (Word Limit 250 words):

We are looking for innovative ideas that either 1) present a new approach to tackling a problem or 2) where the applicant can demonstrate that this is an improvement on what is available to teachers already.

E - Additional Information

If you would like to add anything further to your application, please do so here. This could include links to other types of files including videos and websites or further details on your budget. If you do not wish to add anything further at this stage, please leave this section blank.

F - Data Protection

We would also like to contact you with occasional updates about our funding opportunities in the future. You can request to stop receiving these updates at any time.

If you are happy to receive these types of communications, please select this box

G - Marketing

G1 - How did you find out about Let Teachers SHINE?

If Word of Mouth or Other, please specify below

H - Confirmation

I confirm that, as far as I am aware, all the information on this application is true and correct

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