Press room
For journalists and editors.
Press releases, fact sheet, founder bios, logos and high-resolution photography. If you can't find what you need, the press contact is below — we respond within one working day.
Fact sheet
The essentials.
- What it is
- A national innovation competition for students aged 15–19, delivered through schools and judged by industry.
- Categories
- 40+ competitions across seven pillars: Sustainability, STEM, Society, Enterprise, Arts, Health and Wildcard.
- First cycle
- Founding cohort 2026. Entries open autumn 2025; national final spring 2026.
- Reach
- Year-1 commitments: XX schools, XXX students, X regions across Ireland and the UK (TBA on launch).
- Parent organisation
- Part of the School Summit family — alongside Connect, Events, BellTime Magazine and the Marketplace.
- Founders
- Founding team named on the About page. Patron and advisory board announced ahead of launch.
Boilerplate
Use this in your copy.
School Summit Innovator is a national innovation competition for students aged 15–19, delivered through schools and judged by industry. Across 40+ categories spanning sustainability, STEM, society, enterprise, the arts and health, students enter ideas that are recognised on a national stage and put in front of sponsors, universities and employers. The 2026 founding cohort launches across Ireland and the UK, with international expansion to follow. Innovator is part of the School Summit family.
Downloads
Assets for your story.
Launch Press Release (Draft)
Embargoed release for the 2026 founding cohort.
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Fact Sheet
One-page fact sheet — what, who, when, where, why.
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Founder Bios
Short and long bios for the founding team.
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Media Kit Index
Index of everything in the media kit, with URLs.
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Press contact
One contact. One working day.
For interviews, comment, embargoed previews and journalist visits to the national final.