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Alleyn’s School 
The Achievement Awards recognise alumni achievements and celebrate the spirit of possibility.
The 2026 Awards are open to the whole Alleyn's community for nominations during Lent term. Pupils vote on the shortlisted nominees during Trinity term.
In 2025, we were delighted to receive an exciting range of nominations for the Awards, including authors, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs and performers alike; all recognising the impact our alumni community has in the wider world.
Our 2025 winners were Nico Ferrari (Spurgeon's 2005) and Dr Greta McLachlan (Tyson's 2002).
They were recognised at our Celebration Day and each received an original pencil sketch of Ned Alleyn, drawn by Jacob Skinnard (Cribb's 2024) who won The Royal Society of Portrait Painters' The de Laszlo Foundation Award earlier this year.
Learn more about Greta and Nico below!
Whatever their field, our winners and finalists each reflect our All We Can Be motto and enduring ROCCK values.
The Awards were established in 2024. They provide a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our Alleyn's alumni community and the individuals within it, as well as providing inspiration for our current pupils.
After enthusiastic voting, our first Alleyn's Alumni Achievement Award winners were unveiled as animal welfare specialist Madeleine Campbell (Dutton's 1986) and social entrepreneur Ted Rosner (Spurgeon's 2006) in the Alumni Achievement and Young Alumni Achievement categories respectively.
After nominations are received for the longlist, the Awards Committee meets to review the nominations and agree a shortlist. The committee includes the Head, the Chair of Governors, the sitting President of the Edward Alleyn Club, the Chair of the Edward Alleyn Club and a representative of Alleyn's teaching staff.
Pupils and staff participated in a vote for the 2025 Alumni Achievement Awards and the winners of the vote were announced at Celebration Day.
The characteristics we seek each year are referenced within the School's 'All We Can Be' manifesto.
View the Awards guidelines here.