The RGS' Rex Walford Award is for trainees or teachers in the first six years of their career, including students enrolled on a PGCE, SCITT, Teach First and School Direct, alongside ECTs and other colleagues in early career stages.
The award was named after Rex Walford.
The award was named after Rex Walford.
Rex was a teacher, a natural enthusiast, a leading international name in geography education, a long-serving Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and one of the first group of Chartered Geographers. He supported the Royal Geographical Society in many ways over more than 25 years.
Reflecting the late Rex Walford’s passion for training new geography teachers to inspire their students in their subject, it is awarded for the best set of teaching resources and lesson plans developed on the same theme as the Young Geographer of the Year competition.
The theme for the Rex Walford Award 2026 is: From Source to Sea.
The deadline for receipt of all Rex Walford Award entries is Friday 2 October 2026 at 5.00pm.
Click the link at the top of the post to see examples from previous winners.
I shall be awarding the certificate to the winner in November. I hope to see you there.
Reflecting the late Rex Walford’s passion for training new geography teachers to inspire their students in their subject, it is awarded for the best set of teaching resources and lesson plans developed on the same theme as the Young Geographer of the Year competition.
The theme for the Rex Walford Award 2026 is: From Source to Sea.
The deadline for receipt of all Rex Walford Award entries is Friday 2 October 2026 at 5.00pm.
Click the link at the top of the post to see examples from previous winners.
I shall be awarding the certificate to the winner in November. I hope to see you there.
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