- Vancouver Learning Network named in Top 10 shortlist for World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration
- Canada Royal Arts High School named in Top 10 shortlist for World's Best School Prize for Innovation
Two exemplary Canadian schools have been named in the Top 10 shortlists for the World's Best School Prizes 2026. The five World's Best School Prizes, founded by T4 Education in the wake of COVID in 2022 to share the best practices of schools that are changing lives in their classrooms and far beyond their walls, have been described as the World Cup for Schools'. They are the world's most prestigious education prizes.
Vancouver Learning Network - a public secondary school in Vancouver, Canada, which is tackling the critical gap of transitioning from school to adult life by empowering students with the real-world experience they need to earn an income and build sustainable careers in parallel to completing their formal schooling - has been named in the Top 10 shortlist for the World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration.
Canada Royal Arts High School - an independent secondary school in Vancouver, Canada, which is pioneering a model that maps students' cognitive strengths, motivations and developmental stage to ensure they're learning the right things - has been named in the Top 10 shortlist for the World's Best School Prize for Innovation.
The winners of the five World's Best School Prizes - for Community Collaboration, Environmental Action, Innovation, Overcoming Adversity, and Supporting Healthy Lives - will be chosen by an expert Judging Academy based on rigorous criteria. The Top 3 finalists and winners will be announced in November. In addition, all 50 shortlisted schools across the five Prizes will also take part in a Public Vote, which opened today, to determine the winner of the Community Choice Award.
The winners and shortlisted schools will then be invited to the World Schools Summit in London, UK, on January 16-17, 2027, where they will share their best practices and unique expertise and experience with policymakers and leading figures in global education.
Vikas Pota, Founder of T4 Education and the World's Best School Prizes, said:
"Congratulations to Vancouver Learning Network and Canada Royal Arts High School on being shortlisted for the fifth annual World's Best School Prizes. They have shown that Canada's schools truly stand among the best in the world.
"Each one of these exemplary schools shortlisted for this global schools prize has, in its own unique way, helped prepare young people for a world that has never seemed so uncertain. It is more important than ever that our schools grow the leaders we'll need to face massive challenges from rising conflict and inequality to populism and climate breakdown.
"In their classrooms, every day, these institutions show what works. And governments and schools across the world should learn from their shining examples."
