Flying high at Glasgow Prestwick Airport as local pupils win big in national engineering 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.

Big smile

The highly commended and winning pupils were awarded trophies and framed certificates of their ideas, with 54 pupils from schools in the area being celebrated.

Congratulations to all the pupils, including Primary 6 pupil Faith from Sanquhar Primary School, whose idea “Breathe Safe Baby Car Seat” stood out for the judges and won the special ‘Judges Award’.

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 Focus Band prototype was unveiled at the ceremony, brought to life by Thales, based on the idea of Primary 3 student, Sophia, from Gargieston Primary 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

The Judges Award winner

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/