🍕 Rewarding your creativity! 🍕
"Develop future-ready digital skills, explore classroom-safe generative AI, and bring learning to life using Adobe Express for Education!"
Earn rewards for creating in Adobe Express for Education!
Step 1
Get 100+ pupils (or 3 full-year groups) creating in Adobe Express for Education.
Complete this over 3 rounds.
Capture evidence each time and earn swag after each round (or once you have completed all three rounds - you decide!)
Click below to view examples of evidence for guidance.
Choose whichever method of evidence is easiest for you!
Step 2
Upload photographs or screenshot evidence of your participation after each round using the template provided.
Step 3
Share your evidence as a view-only link and submit your evidence via the button below!
Submit your evidence of each of the three rounds of your challenges by 30th November 2025, 23:59 GMT.*
*Due to the upcoming summer holidays, please allow 2–3 weeks for your entry to be verified, processed and swag prizes delivered to your school. Entries submitted later in the summer term may have their prizes scheduled for delivery in the new academic year to ensure they reach you safely.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Must be 18+. For complete details, eligible countries, and prize descriptions see Official Rules. Void where prohibited. Sponsor: Adobe.
Step 4
Get ready to celebrate!
Keep scrolling for ideas and support on how to take part!
Activity Ideas:
Live Lessons
Join our weekly Live Lessons where our Adobe Express team will demonstrate two activities. Completing one of these activities for your pupils gets you all one step closer to earning Adobe Swag and a pizza party.
See previous recordings of Live Lessons here.
Guided Activities
Select one of the many Guided Activities from the homepage on Adobe Express for Education (just scroll down a little!). Keep it simple or give it a complete make-over and take another step closer to rewards!
YouTube Lesson Plans
Head to our YouTube playlists and choose from a growing library of tutorials and lesson plans created by educators for classroom use. Pick a video, follow along, and have your pupils complete the activity to tick off another round in the Express School Challenge!
Your own activity!
Already planning something creative? Great! Any lesson or project that gets pupils using Adobe Express counts; from posters to portfolios, animations to infographics. Make it your own, get pupils involved and you're on your way to earning rewards for your school!
Frequently Asked Questions:
What is the Express School Challenge?
Express School Challenge rewards UK schools for getting 100+ pupils (or three full year groups) creating with Adobe Express for Education across three separate challenge rounds.
Complete all three, submit your evidence, and your school will receive swag and a pizza party!
What counts as a “challenge round”?
One round = 100+ students (or three full year groups) signing into their own Adobe Express for Education accounts and completing an Adobe Express activity.
Options include:
- Live Lessons - see previous recordings here.
- Guided Activities
- YouTube Lesson Plans
- Your own task
I have a free Adobe Express account. Can I take part?
You must use your free premium Adobe Express for Education student and educator accounts.
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- ❤️ Wales: via Hwb
- đź’š Northern Ireland: via C2k
- 🤍 England: via Class Link or your SSO if you have been deployed. If not, head here.
I'm in a small school. Can I take part?
Yes! If you are a smaller school, you can still enter! Just get every pupil in three year groups to participate.
Does every pupil have to complete the same activity for the challenge round?
No (although you can if you want)! Activities can vary across classes.
You could have Year 4 following a Live Lesson, Year 5 completing a Guided Activity and Year 6 designing their own presentations for one successful challenge round.
What do I submit as evidence?
Photos (no faces) or screenshots of Project thumbnails - just enough to show the number of pupils matches your entry form. See an example here.
How do I create a Project?
Creating a shared Project (either for each class or for all of your participants) is a great way to collate your creative evidence. You could even have a Folder inside the Project for each challenge round.
- From the homepage, select Your stuff
- Select the Projects tab
- Choose New project
- Name the project and choose a colour
- Paste in your pupils' emails/logins
- Invite with 'can edit' access
- Create Folders for each challenge round
- Pupils can move/copy files into the Project Folders (or they can start creating directly inside the Project Folder)
- Screenshot the Project thumbnails as evidence:
Can I choose when the pizza party happens?
Yes! In the submission form we ask you to choose a date and tell us which pizza company is open in your area on that date. We will place the order for you.
Can you accommodate allergy or dietary requirements?
This depends on the pizza company. Check with them and then let us know what we need to order for any pupils with allergies or dietary requirements.
What’s the deadline?
You must submit your evidence by 30th November 2025, 23:59 GMT, the end of the US financial year, to get your prizes!
And yes! That does mean Express School Challenge will be here for Back to School!
How do I enter?
Complete the submission form to enter.
Can students help lead this?
Yes! Use your Digital Leaders or older pupils to assist you in organising and promoting the challenge, support their peers, and gather photographs or screenshots of evidence.
Does Adobe Express for Education work on my school devices?
Adobe Express works on many devices. Find out more about device requirements here.
Is there any support for teachers?
Yes! We host virtual training sessions for teachers every week on various aspects of Adobe Express. Come along and earn your Adobe Creative Educator Level 1 badge and discover how you can bring learning to life!
To find out about other Adobe Express for Education UK support head to: