The National Awards for Excellence are new awards introduced by CILT for students in the 14-19 age group. There are five different categories within the awards:

• Advanced language learning for students 16-19
• Intermediate level language learning for students 14-16
• Work-related language learning for students 14-19
• Excellence in community/heritage language learning for students aged 14-19
• Excellence in teaching languages to younger learners for students aged 14-19. 

In each category a Gold, Silver and Bronze prize are awarded.

The 2010 awards were sponsored by ABC Awards, AQA, Cactus Language, Capital L, Edexcel, GCHQ, OCR, Open University, Oxford University Press, SOAS, Sports Leaders and the University of Birmingham.

The winners were announced at the Language Stars ceremony which took place at the British Film Institute in London on the 6th of July.

This glamorous event brought together the prize giving for the awards and the announcement of the winners of the LAFTAs (Language and Film Talent Awards).

Click here to view photos of the awards ceremony.