The RSA Pupil Design Awards is a free, national design award programme for secondary school and sixth-form pupils aged 11-17.

Join us this year in free teacher development workshop sessions to learn practical skills, new methodologies and build confidence to engage with this years briefs.

The Pupil Design Awards are open to all schools across the UK. This year we are particularly encouraging participation from non-design subjects to use the briefs as an opportunity to tackle real-world challenges and learn about design thinking.

The real strength with the Pupil Design Awards are the resources for both the teachers and the toolkits for the pupils. [They] are really strong and really developed in supporting their design thinking for us.

Teacher, 2023

Watch back our teacher development sessions

Please note – registration does not guarantee attendance.

If you have any questions, contact us at pupildesignawards@rsa.org.uk

Pupil Design Awards

Inspiring social change through design thinking.

A simple, hand-drawn illustration of a lit light bulb hanging from a cord against a teal background. Short lines radiate from the bulb, symbolizing light.

Brief pack

Download all three 2023-24 briefs in one pack.

Five light bulbs hang in a row, each with a complex, tangled line extending upwards, resembling thoughts or ideas spiraling. The background is turquoise, highlighting the black outlines of the bulbs and squiggly lines.