2026 Public Education Awards sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors for their commitment to public education in South Australia.

Platinum sponsor

Credit Union SA

Credit Union SA’s commitment to supporting the South Australian education community remains as strong as ever. We sponsor hundreds of professional development events for educators and give back directly to schools through our ‘School Impact Program’, launched in 2024 to fund projects that enrich the wellbeing of students and educators.

We’re ready to show you how our Education Community Banking Benefits, designed exclusively for teachers and education employees, can help you do more with your money.

For details visit the Credit Union SA website or email us at communitybanking@creditunionsa.com.au.

Silver sponsors

Compass

Compass is the school management system of choice for more than 5,000 schools and 5 millions users. Our cloud first, scalable platform supports the most complex education systems and was built from the ground up by a team that intimately understands the challenges and processes of schools. With a suite of 50 mature and easy to use modules and an extensive network of integration partners including several partner finance solutions, Compass provides a deeply integrated solution to meet the demands of diverse schools.

Our modules provide extraordinary depth and breadth of functionality:

• Student / staff / parent records management (full lifecycle including online enrolment)
• Sophisticated attendance, scheduling, event planning and calendar capabilities
• Timetabling, continuous assessment and academic reporting
• Billing and financial management tools and online payments
• Parent portal and parent / teacher conferences
• Wellbeing, incident management and student recognition

Our vision is to reduce the administrative burden on staff and give teachers time to focus on the important things. Through our industry-class platform, we enable educators and school administrators to be more productive, communities to be more engaged and students to achieve their full potential.

We employ over 250 staff in Australia with offices and local support teams across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia.

Chat to the team to see how you can change the way your school works for the better.

Learn more at www.compass.education

Super SA

At Super SA, our mission is to champion the financial wellbeing of South Australian Government employees and help our members live their best life in retirement. That’s why this year, we’re proudly sponsoring the Department for Education’s Public Education Awards. These awards recognise the outstanding contributions of the Department’s valuable staff employees – most of whom are our members.

With more than 30,000 employees, the Department for Education comprises a large part of our member-base, and we’re thrilled to get behind our members by supporting these prestigious awards. We look forward to celebrating our members’ achievements later this year.

Visit the Super SA website.

Telstra

At Telstra we know that digital inclusion for school kids is one of the most important drivers when it comes to positive education outcomes.

We're proud that the department's long-standing partnership with Telstra has helped improve connectivity, security, and student well-being across the school network. This is part of a broader digital strategy to provide all children, students, and educators with engaging and empowering digital opportunities.

With a world-class foundation in place, we look forward to helping the department achieve their goal to build a world-class public education system in South Australia.

Visit the Telstra website.

Become a sponsor in 2027

The Public Education Awards provide a unique opportunity for organisations to partner with the Department for Education in recognising excellence across South Australia’s public education system.

The Awards connect partners with a statewide education community of more than 30,000 employees working across 900 public sites and supporting over 180,000 children and young people.

Sponsorship supports recognition, professional learning and system improvement while connecting your organisation with educators, leaders and employees working across public education.

Sponsorship aligns your organisation with one of South Australia’s most trusted public institutions while supporting recognition across the education system.

If your organisation aligns with public education, download our sponsorship guide (PDF 4 MB) to learn more about partnership opportunities.

Sponsors for each year’s awards are confirmed by April.

To discuss becoming a sponsor, please contact the Public Education Awards Team.