What our awards offer
Accreditation
Formal recognition that a school has met – and can evidence – very high standards of provision and practice.
School improvement
Strategies and interventions that bring about positive change and improve pupil outcomes.
Whole-school approach
Involve the wider community and relevant stakeholders – such as parents, pupils and staff – in the change process.
Our range of awards
Wellbeing Award for Schools
Promote emotional wellbeing and mental health across your school
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Best Practice with Teaching Assistants Award
Maximise the impact of teaching assistants across your school
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Steps to achieving an award
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1.Self-evaluation
2. Action planning
3. Porfolio building
4. Verification
5. Accreditation
6. Reassessment
Self-evaluation
- Evaluate your provision online
- Involve key stakeholders
- Identify current strengths and areas for improvement
Action planning
- Focus on areas that need improving
- Identify specific steps to achieve all KPIs
- Use the online action plan to track your progress
Portfolio building
- Collect evidence to meet the award framework
- Showcase your achievements and successes
- Store evidence online or compile your own folder
Verification
- Arrange an in-school visit with a trained award verifier
- Collaboratively assess your achievements
- Demonstrate how you have achieved each KPI
Accreditation
- Time to celebrate and share your achievements
- Receive a certificate of achievement valid for three years
- Continue your great work post-accreditation
Reassessment
- Apply for reassessment after three years
- Demonstrate sustained progress and impact
- Renew your accreditation for three more years
'By undertaking the LPPA, we have been able to increase parental involvement and have had a significantly positive impact on the community within school'
Danesfield School
Case studies
How our awards have impacted whole-school communities
Case Studies
Read about our successful schools and the impact of our awards
The Wellbeing Award has been an invaluable, independent validation of our approach to the development of a health and wellbeing strategy that underpins all we do
The PSHE schemes of work were already in the process of being rewritten but the Wellbeing Award helped identify further strengths and areas for development
We were supported the whole way through the process and had someone available from whom to seek advice when needed
