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Number Heroes competition winners 2025!

14 Jul 2025

It's been another incredible year of National Numeracy Day Number Heroes, with 11,596 entries submitted by children across the UK!

Image saying "Number Heroes competition winners" with drawings and photos from the winning children

After a thorough judging process, with fierce competition in every category, we are thrilled to announce the winners.

We invited children across the UK aged 3-13, including children and young people in receipt of Special Educational Needs support or an EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan), to celebrate the magic of everyday maths by imagining and drawing all the ways they might use numbers when they’re older.

Every year we’re astounded by the variety of entries: we’ve had paramedics and prime ministers, surf instructors and spa owners, and even an alligator wrangler or two!

Did you take part? Click here to download a participation certificate!

There were big prizes to be won

One winner from each of the six categories nabbed a prize pack worth over £1,000 for their school, full of resources, books and games to get everyone feeling confident with numbers. And there were individual prizes too, with each winning child and runner-up receiving a gift voucher and certificate.

These prizes were made possible thanks to generous donations from EdenTree Investment Management, Learning Resources UK, Little Tiger Press, Numberblocks, NumBots, Orchard Toys, Oxford University Press, Sweet Cherry Publishing, Times Tables Rock Stars and White Rose Maths.

Celebrity judge Bobby Seagull chose the winners

TV’s Bobby Seagull, National Numeracy Ambassador and competition head judge, had the tough task of choosing the winners from thousands of entries.

Bobby said: "Wow, another amazing group of number heroes! Each year I have the tough task of picking the winners, and I’m always blown away by everyone’s creativity.

"I hope you all feel inspired to be confident using numbers throughout your lives – I certainly feel inspired after seeing your entries!"

Quote from Primary B winner Amba Devi saying "“I took part in the Number Heroes competition, and it was AMAZING! I learned that numbers aren’t just for maths lessons—they’re everywhere! I’ll definitely be paying more attention in maths class now, that’s for sure! It was so much fun learning, researching, and creating my work—I loved every minute of it.” and Secondary winner Alice, saying "I really enjoyed creating this piece as my favourite hobby is dance and I loved researching and finding out all about how maths can link into dance, as well as many other things. I'm very pleased to have won the competition!"

Early Years Foundation Stage & Reception: Ali, Yeading Infant and Nursery School
Primary A: Sam, Combs Ford Primary School
Primary B: Amba Devi, Solihull Preparatory School

Primary C: Cassandra, Roger Ascham Primary School
Secondary A: Alice, The Market Bosworth School
SEND/EHCP: Leo, Hope House School

Early Years Foundation Stage & Reception

Finn, Letham Primary School
Livia, Whitchurch Primary School
Mia, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Infant and Nursery School

Primary A

Ayan, Home educated
Asis, Norwood Green Infant And Nursery School
Muhammad-Bilal, Burnt Oak Primary School

Primary B

Savina, Priory Witham Academy
Shashvitha, St Wilfrid's Primary School
Zainab, Brampton Primary School

Primary C

Audrey, Belleville Primary School
Cara, David Livingstone Memorial Primary School
Cass, Walford Nursery & Primary School

Secondary

Ali-Arbab, Burnham Grammar School
Bruna, Haydon School
Finn, Queen Anne High School

SEND/EHCP

Flynn, Sidmouth College
Leon, St Colman's Primary School
Musak, Rye Oak Primary School

You can see all of the wonderful drawings by the winners and runners-up in the galleries below, chosen for their imagination, great effort, and creative uses of numbers. Congratulations to everyone!