This year's awards saw more entries than ever before from over 100 companies.

Product entries are tested by childcare professionals and the results relating to the toy industry are as follows:

Toys and games birth to three years

Overall winner
•    Dacta – Lego Education Community Vehicles Set

Gold Award winners
•    Gibsons – My World: My Jobs
•    Great Gizmos – Okiedog Fropper
•    Mega Brands – Mega Bloks Bag
•    Millhouse Manufacturing Design – Zoomster
•    Orchard Toys – Fairy Tales
•    Step by Step – Crawl Mat
•    Blue Box International Ltd – Play ‘n’ Grow Playstation
•    Halilit - Taftoys Touch Mat
•    Play to Z – Sluggy and the Flower Rug

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Toys and games three to five years

Overall winner
•    Ravensburger – Tip the Ship Game

Gold Award winners
•    Dacta – Plan Education Eco Home
•    Flair – Remarkables Colour and Draw Activity Mats
•    Hope Education – Occupational Hand Puppets
•    LeapFrog – Tag Reading System
•    Magmatic – Govinci
•    NES Arnold – Prehistoric Activity Centre and Accessories
•    Orchard Toys – Round and Round
•    Spin Master – Moon Sand Sweet Delights Bake Shop
•    Schleich – Farm Life
•    Step by Step – Dressing Up Chest
•    Lego Company – Lego Duplo Big Farm

Classic toys and games

Overall winner
•    Flair – Plasticine Activity Bucket

Gold Award winners
•    Millhouse Manufacturing Design – Children’s Wooden Rocker

Five to seven toys and games

Overall Winner
•    GLS Educational Supplies – Green Doll’s House

Gold Award winners
•    Character Options – Let’s Cook Cereal Bar Factory
•    Mega Brands – Dragons Universe Egg Assortment
•    Playforce – Mini-Beast Exploration Table
•    The Green Board Game Company – My First ABC Brainbox
•    Schleich – Wild Life

Electronic Toys

Overall Winners
•    TTS Group – Easi Torch
•    Artsana UK Chicco Brand – Sing Along Airplane

Gold Awards

•    Artsana UK Chicco Brand – Spring Roller
•    Ameeca Ltd – StoryPhones Little Listener
•    Babogbaby – BB – The Irish Speaking Teddybear
•    LeapFrog – My Own Leaptop