Winners of the XIII All-Russian Competition "Best Inclusive School of Russia — 2026" Announced

October 23, 2026

On October 23, a ceremonial awarding of the winners and prize-winners of the All-Russian Competition "Best Inclusive School of Russia — 2026" took place in Moscow. The winner in the nomination "Best Inclusive School" was the Private General Educational Institution Educational Complex "Point of the Future" (Irkutsk Region).

The winners in the nominations were:

"Best Inclusive Kindergarten of Russia" — municipal autonomous preschool educational institution kindergarten "Mayachok" of combined type (Sverdlovsk Region);
"Best Resource Organization for the Development of Inclusive General Education" — state autonomous institution of the Kaliningrad Region for students in need of psychological-pedagogical and medical-social assistance, "Center for Diagnostics and Counseling of Children and Adolescents" (Kaliningrad Region);
"Best Inclusive Organization for Children's Recreation and Health Improvement" — municipal budgetary institution of youth policy of the city of Kazan "City Center for the Organization of Health Improvement, Recreation, and Employment of Children and Youth 'Yal'" (Republic of Tatarstan).

40 organizations from 28 regions of Russia participated in the final of the competition — 10 finalists in each of the four nominations. Among them were representatives of Belgorod, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Oryol, Samara, Saratov, Sakhalin, Sverdlovsk, Tambov, Tomsk, Tyumen, and Ulyanovsk regions, Perm and Khabarovsk krais, St. Petersburg, the Republics of Dagestan and Tatarstan, the Udmurt Republic, and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra. In 2026, the competition received applications from 167 organizations from 71 constituent entities of the Russian Federation: 55 schools, 64 kindergartens, 22 children's recreation and health organizations, and 26 resource organizations. The work of the participants was evaluated by 44 experts — 11 in each of the four main nominations.

Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, sent a welcoming address to the finalists:

"The 'Best Inclusive School' competition is one of the country's key specialized platforms for introducing an accessible environment and best practices of inclusive education, recreation, and health improvement for children," he noted. Dmitry Chernyshenko expressed separate gratitude for the support in organizing the competition to the Russian Ministry of Education and MSUPE, emphasizing that realizing the potential of every person is a national goal set by the Head of State.

Alexander Bugaev, First Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, noted in his video address to the contestants: "You create a space where the uniqueness of every person is valued and help reveal the potential of all students."

A greeting to the competition participants was also sent by Mikhail Terentyev, Chairman of the All-Russian Society of Disabled People, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Russian Federation on Labor, Social Policy, and Veterans' Affairs:

"On behalf of the All-Russian Society of Disabled People and on my own behalf, I cordially welcome you at this significant event, which has united the best representatives of the pedagogical community, experts, and organizations sincerely devoted to the development of inclusive education in our country. This competition has rightfully become a key platform for broadcasting advanced practices and methodological support for inclusive education."

Prize-winners of the competition:

Nomination "Best Inclusive School of Russia"

2nd place: Novosibirsk Region, Municipal Autonomous General Educational Institution of the city of Novosibirsk, Education Center "Lyceum INTEGRAL"
3rd place: St. Petersburg, State Budgetary General Educational Institution, Secondary General Education School No. 232 of the Admiralteysky District of St. Petersburg

Nomination "Best Inclusive Kindergarten of Russia"

2nd place: Oryol Region, Municipal Budgetary Preschool Educational Institution, Kindergarten No. 17 of combined type
3rd place: Sakhalin Region, Municipal Autonomous Preschool Educational Institution of combined type "Kindergarten No. 3 'Romashka'" of the Korsakov Municipal District of the Sakhalin Region

Nomination "Best Resource Organization for the Development of Inclusive General Education"

2nd place: Kirov Region, Kirov Regional State General Educational Budgetary Institution "Boarding School for Students with Disabilities in the city of Sovetsk"
3rd place: Sverdlovsk Region, State Budgetary General Educational Institution of the Sverdlovsk Region "Nizhny Tagil School No. 1, implementing adapted basic general education programs"

Nomination "Best Inclusive Organization for Children's Recreation and Health Improvement"

2nd place: Tyumen Region, Autonomous Non-Profit Organization "Regional Children's Health and Education Center 'Children's Republic'"
3rd place: Udmurt Republic, Autonomous Institution of the Udmurt Republic "Country Health Complex 'Forest Tale'"

Laureates in the nomination "Best Inclusive Kindergarten":

MBDOU DS No. 52 "Swallow" , Belgorod Region
MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 119" , Kursk Region
MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 56 'Guselki'" , Tambov Region
MBDOU "CRR-DS Happy Childhood" , Voronezh Region
MBOU School No. 16, Moscow Region
MBDOU kindergarten "Rodnichok" , Khabarovsk Krai
DOU "Zhemchuzhinka" , Novosibirsk Region

Laureates in the nomination "Best Inclusive Organization for Children's Recreation and Health Improvement":

MADOU No. 232 "Kindergarten of combined type" , Kemerovo Region — Kuzbass
MBUDO "OOC 'Beryozka'" , Nizhny Novgorod Region
OGBU DO DOOC "Svetlyachok" , Ulyanovsk Region
OGBPOU "Kostroma Machine-Building College" , Kostroma Region
MBOU KMR NOSH, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra
LLC ZKOC "SALUT" , Perm Krai
GBOU SO "School of AOP No. 11 of the city of Balashov, branch of DOL 'Yunost'" , Saratov Region

Laureates in the nomination "Best Resource Organization for the Development of Inclusive General Education":

OGBOU "Boarding School for Students with Visual Impairments" , Tomsk Region
GBOU "Vvedenskaya Special (Correctional) School" , Kurgan Region
MAOU "School No. 7" , Perm Krai
KOU OO "Oryol General Education School for Students with Disabilities" , Oryol Region
KOU "Nizhnevartovsk School for Students with Disabilities No. 1" , Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra
GBOU boarding school named after I.E. Egorov, Samara Region
GBOU School No. 3 of the Krasnogvardeysky District of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Laureates in the nomination "Best Inclusive School of Russia":

MOU "Novosadovskaya Secondary School 'Territory of Success'" , Belgorod Region
MBOU "School No. 24" , Nizhny Novgorod Region
MAOU Secondary School No. 48, Sverdlovsk Region
MAOU "Secondary School No. 79" , Perm Krai
MBOU "Secondary School No. 83" , Tomsk Region
MBOU "Education Center No. 1" , Moscow Region
MBOU "Gymnasium No. 4 named after Hero of the Russian Federation S.V. Podvalny" , Republic of Dagestan

Awards were also presented in additional nominations: "High level of methodological support for the development of an inclusive educational environment," "Best social partnership," "Effective interaction with parents," "Space as an assistant," "Best career guidance system," "Best inclusive practice," "Best supplementary education system," "Personal contribution to the development of inclusive education."

The competition is aimed at supporting the development and implementation of inclusive education practices in kindergartens and schools, as well as inclusive recreation and health improvement for children. Its objectives are to disseminate successful experience and provide methodological support to organizations creating and developing an inclusive educational environment.

The XIII All-Russian Competition "Best Inclusive School of Russia — 2026" is held by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. The operator of the competition is Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE) . The in-person part of the federal stage took place in Moscow on October 21–23, 2026.

Video recording of the Ceremonial Closing of the All-Russian Competition "Best Inclusive School of Russia — 2026"