Staff and students at three schools are celebrating winning a number of national awards for their successes and dedication to their school and community over the last year. Accrington Academy, Marsden Heights Community College and The Hyndburn Academy, have scooped the awards at United Learning’s Best in Everyone Awards 2021. In East Lancashire there were four winners from the three schools; Emily Airey, a Modern Foreign Languages teacher at Accrington Academy, who won the NQT of the Year Award; Positive Voices, a student team at Marsden Heights Community College, who won the Team of the Year Award; Jax Edwards, a Year 7 student at The Hyndburn Academy, who won the Sportsman of the Year Award for Years 7-9; and Nicola Palmer, Head Teacher at The Hyndburn Academy, who won the School Leader of the Year Award.