London pupils celebrate their engineering ideas

An awards and exhibition event was held on 10th July at Kingston University in London, which showcased and celebrated local school pupils across London for their engineering ideas submitted to the Primary Engineer annual UK STEM competition.      

These pupils had taken part in a national competition, run by educational not-for-profit Primary Engineer, where they answered the question “If you were an engineer, what would you do?”. Pupils interview an engineer, learn how to think like an Engineer and are tasked with identifying a problem in the world around them and coming up with a creative solution to that problem.  

Entries were then graded by local industry professionals before going to a regional judging panel were they picked two winners and two highly commended for each year group.   

The highly commended and winning pupils were awarded trophies and framed certificates of their ideas, with 32 pupils from schools across London being celebrated.  

Congratulations to all the pupils, including Year 4 pupil Mirabelle from Norwood Green Junior School, whose idea “NHS Scanner” stood out for the judges and won the special ‘Judges Award’. Her idea is an accessible first aid scanner located in shopping centers which can initially diagnose the medical issue and select a treatment. In some cases, refer you to the doctor at the other side of the booth.  

Every year University and Industry Partners of Primary Engineer select an idea to turn into a working Prototype from the previous year’s winning designs. The Home Plastic Recycling prototype was unveiled at the ceremony,  brought to life by Kingston University, based on the idea of Emmelyn, from Parkgate House School. 

“If you were an Engineer, what would you do” is an annual, national competition free to enter for all 3-19 school pupils.  Entries are open now for 2025-2026 and schools can register now at www.leadersaward.com  

Primary Engineer Public Exhibitions and Award Ceremonies continue all over the UK through to July, with thousands of pupils engineering ideas being displayed for all to see.  Find out more: https://leadersaward.com/exhibitions-and-events/