Please note: The ClassBento Awards 2024 are now closed. Winners announced 25th October.
General terms and conditions
- Entrants must be a registered teacher on the UK ClassBento platform, with at least one live listing. Entrants who do not meet these requirements will be excluded from the judging process.
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Entrants can only apply to 1 of 5 categories.
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Please ensure you read the criteria for the award category you are entering. Remember to use evidence such as quotes, images, video, figures, statistics and include as much information as possible on your entry form.
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Please complete all sections of the form. Entries that are incomplete or exceed the stated word limit will not be accepted.
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We ask all entrants to supply at least one business logo and / or personal image.
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All completed entries will be acknowledged online at the time of submission.
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Entrants consent to ClassBento using and editing any entry content and repurposing them across various digital channels, including but not limited to Google, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and other channels.
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ClassBento reserves the right to extend the closing deadline, amend categories or not award categories should the standard of entries received not reach the required standard.
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Please call the team on 07830303084, if you need further advice.
Terms and conditions of judging
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The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into or feedback given regarding the selection of winners.
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In the event of receiving 100+ entries, ClassBento will introduce a pre-selection process whereby the team shall select a percentage of finalists to send to the external judges. Decisions for this will be based on a scoring system to avoid bias.
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Winners will be contacted by email (on the address provided in the application) on the winners announcement date. If you are selected as a winner or runner up, by entering this award process, you agree to keeping your award status private until the public announcement date.
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In the interest of transparency, our judges are entirely external. No judges will be affiliated* with ClassBento.
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*Work for and/or have personal relationships with those working at ClassBento.
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Judges will not allow personal relationships or experiences to influence judging marks or decisions and their judging will be impartial and based on the standard of entry.
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Judges will declare any perceived conflict of interest to ClassBento ahead of reading any entries.
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All judging discussions are confidential and will not be shared or discussed with anyone outside of the judging panel ahead of the award announcement or thereafter.
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Judges will not share confidential material, judging papers or entries with anyone. Judges will securely delete all judging materials immediately after the judging period or give materials to the Awards team, who will manage this on their behalf.
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Judges will not notify anyone that they have won or that they are shortlisted ahead of the official announcements.
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Judges will not provide any feedback to entrants as to why they have not won or were not shortlisted – all requests for feedback must be directed to the awards organiser. Should a judge break the rules of conduct and the code is not adhered to, they will be asked to leave the panel and not invited to judge any future awards.
Filming and photography
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Winners will have their face and studio photographed and filmed by a professional photographer. This will take place at their studio or a location of ClassBento’s choice. This will happen within 6 months of winning. A date will be agreed upon based on convenience for both the winner and ClassBento.
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All entrants (by entering) consent to face photography, filming and sound recording upon winning. Photographs taken are the intellectual property of ClassBento.
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All entrants consent to ClassBento using this content and editing content for promotional purposes across different digital channels. How ClassBento chooses to use the content created, is at ClassBento’s discretion.
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Winners will be given promotional content, images and video as part of the award prize package which they have permission to share and use for their own marketing purposes.
Awards
Once the physical prize package has been posted, winners are responsible for the award from thereon. ClassBento will not cover the cost of a replacement due to damages or being lost.
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