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Awards, affiliation & membership

Find out what we’ve achieved

We’re proud that our people, product and company have won many prestigious awards, locally, nationally, and internationally.

Award plaques and certificates

Company awards

The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: International Trade 2020

Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Excellence in International Trade – 2020

Our company was recognised with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for excellence in International Trade. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious business awards in the UK. Read More.

GOLD 2020 Stevie Winner: American Business Awards

Gold Stevie Award: American Business Awards®

Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year – 2020

Surpass Assessment Inc. was named as the Gold Stevie Award winner with a submission that focussed on recent innovations such as adaptive testing, BYOD testing and remote proctoring. Read More.

SILVER 2020 Stevie Winner: American Business Awards

2x Silver Stevie Award: American Business Awards®

Fastest Growing Tech Company of the Year | Achievement in Growth – 2020

Surpass Assessment Inc. won a Silver Stevie Awards in the categories of ‘Fastest Growing Tech Company of the Year’ and ‘Achievement in Growth’, due to rapid increase in revenue, employees, and the number of examinations delivered through Surpass amongst other growth factors. Read More.

BRONZE 2023 Stevie Winner: International Business Awards

Bronze Stevie Award: International Business Awards®

Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year – 2023

Surpass Assessment won a Bronze Stevie Award for our strong commitment to invest in innovation, with particular focus on our Customizable Question Type (CQT) framework. This award showcases our dedication to advancing assessment and improving the services we offer the Surpass Community.

UK Business Awards 2021

UK Business Awards

Best Online Event – 2021

The 2020 virtual Surpass Conference won a gold award for ‘Best Online Event’ at the UK Business Awards acknowledging the amazing resilience and ingenuity put into delivering its first virtual conference in the wake of challenges posed by the COVID pandemic. Read more.

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Bradford Top 100 Business Awards 2022

Biggest Growth

We  won an award for Biggest Growth in 2021 in the first Bradford Top 100 Business Awards. Read more about the award in this article from local Yorkshire newspaper, Telegraph and Argus.

Northern Tech Awards 2021 winner

Northern Tech Awards

Top 100 Fastest Growing Technology Companies – 2021

We are proud to be listed at number 62 in the Top 100 Northern Tech Awards league table, highlighting the fastest growing technology companies in the North of the UK.

Fastest 50 Yorkshire 2022

Yorkshire Fastest 50

Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies in Yorkshire – 2022

Our company was listed number 20 in the top 50 fastest growing companies in the region, driving growth in the Yorkshire economy. As a company passionate about the local area, this was a fantastic achievement.

People awards

SILVER 2020 Stevie Winner: International Business Awards

Silver Stevie Award: International Business Awards®

Product Management Team of the Year – 2020

The Surpass Product Management team were recognised with this award for their dedication, hard work and creativity in working closely the Surpass Community to produce market-leading assessment technology. Read more.

Silver 2019 Stevie Award Winner for Women in Business

Silver Stevie Award: Women in Business®

Sonya Whitworth – Winner 2019

In October 2019 Sonya was named as the only UK finalist for a Stevie Award for Women in Business, in the Female Executive 11-2,500 employees category. This award reflects Sonya’s fantastic leadership at Surpass, and the influence she’s had on the growth of the company. Watch Sonya accept the award at a ceremony in New York.

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e-Assessment Awards Lifetime Contribution Award

Bob Gomersall – Winner 2017

Chairman, Dr Bob Gomersall received the Lifetime Contribution award at the 2017 e-Assessment awards in recognition of his passion for education and technology, and his innovation approach to business.

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Bradford Means Business Apprentice of the Year

Patrick Butlin – Finalist 2019

Patrick joined the Surpass IT team fresh from college in July 2017, and his enthusiasm, passion, and readiness to learn made him ideal for the role. Over a short time, Patrick grew in confidence to become a valuable team member widely respected by colleagues, and earned a well-deserved place as a finalist of the 2019 Bradford Means Business Awards.

Product awards

GOLD 2020 Stevie Winner: International Business Awards

Gold Stevie Award: International Business Awards®

Student Assessment Solution – 2020

The Surpass Platform was announced as the Gold Stevie Award winner for ‘student assessment solution’, with an entry that showcased intuitive tools for collaborative test development, authentic test creation to facilitate real-world skills testing, and the ability to create rich-media content for an enhanced candidate experience. Read more.

GOLD 2020 Stevie Winner: American Business Awards

Gold Stevie Award: American Business Awards®

Student Assessment Solution – 2020

The Surpass Platform was announced as the Gold Stevie Award winner for ‘student assessment solution’, with an entry that showcased intuitive tools for collaborative test development, authentic test creation to facilitate real-world skills testing, and the ability to create rich-media content for an enhanced candidate experience. Read More.

ATP 2017 Innovations in Testing

Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Testing

High Fidelity Image Viewer – Winner 2017

The high-fidelity image viewer in Surpass won a top prize at the Association of Test Publishers Innovations in Testing conference. The image viewer was designed to deliver super high resolution image sets during medical examination, and this prize is a reflection of how the innovative functionality in the Surpass platform can enhance the assessment experience. Read more.

ISTC UK Technical Communication Awards 2020 Overall Winner

UK Technical Communication Awards

Surpass Help Site – Overall Winner 2020

The recently re-designed Surpass Help Site was named as the overall winner of the 2020 UKTC Awards. Judges were impressed by the extensive research, cross-team work, and usability testing that went into the re-design of the content to create a more user-friendly experience. Feedback on the entry included: “The user can be confident in the quality of the information provided. The judges declared this to be an outstanding end product for an exceptional team effort.” Read more.

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UK Technical Communication Awards

Surpass Help Site – Merit Award 2022

The Surpass Help Site has won a Merit Award at the 2022 UKTC Awards.

The Award is for the new Developer section of the Surpass Help Site, which entailed rewriting all existing API and Single Sign-On (SSO) documentation into a new and improved format. The judges said “… an excellent entry… an ambitious project; very well executed. Much background work and attention to detail was needed and implemented to good effect.

Affiliation & membership

Global ATP Association of Test Publishers: Proud Member

Association of Test Publishers (ATP)

Associate Member

As an associate member of the Association for Test Publishers (ATP), a non-profit organisation representing providers of tests and assessment tools or services, we are committed to promoting and advancing the integrity of assessment services and products and their value to society.

e-Assessment Association

e-Assessment Association (eAA)

Sponsor

For many years we have been a sponsor and champion of the e-Assessment Association (eAA), a not-for-profit membership organisation based in the UK for consumers of, producers of, and those with an interest in e-Assessment. Membership to the eAA is free and you can register here.

Federation of Awarding Bodies

Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB)

Member

We are proud to be an affiliated member of the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB). FAB has a long history of representing the UK awarding market and is instrumental in ensuring best practice and quality in the education and assessment of learners within the UK.

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Certification Network Group

Sponsor

We are proud to be full sponsors of the Certification Network Group, a force of excellence in the development of credentialing professionals through providing valuable connections, education and resources. The CNG hold regular meetings in Chicago & Washington, D.C. and membership is free.

International Language Testing Association

International Language Testing Association

Institutional Member

The ILTA is an international group of language testing and assessment scholars and practitioners whose dedication and work are respected both within and outside the profession, and who together define what it means to be a language tester.

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