What’s in the Excellence in Pupil Development Award framework?
This award offers a structured framework to evaluate and enrich your pastoral curriculum. It supports you in developing pupils' personal attributes and attitudes, such as self-confidence, resilience and self-discipline. With a focus on involving local and national organisations, it helps you prepare pupils for life in modern Britain.
The Award benefits
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Promote excellence
Demonstrate commitment to pupil development with clear leadership, a dedicated team, a strategic action plan, and ongoing evaluation for lasting impact.Working towards the EPDA has really helped up to ensure that pupil personal development is encouraged and developed across the school. It is a priority area for us given the challenging context of the school.HeadteacherBrentside Primary Academy -
Support personal growth
Implement a curriculum that supports pupils’ personal development, leadership skills, financial awareness, and responsibility.We are delighted to receive the EPDA in recognition of the outstanding work undertaken by the staff and students at Canons High School.David BullockCanons High School -
Strengthen provision
Develop partnerships with experts, charities, and businesses to enrich the curriculum, promote resilience, boost aspirations, and shape pupils’ personal growth.We are delighted to receive this award as one of our commitments is to foster the development of students’ character, personal development, health and wellbeing preparing them to make a valuable contribution to society.HeadteacherRidgeway Academy -
Positive behaviour
Promote positive behaviour through clear, inclusive policies, support for wise choices, respect for others, and celebration of effort and attendance.The Excellence in Pupil Development Award has allowed us to reflect on our complete personal development offer for our students and evaluate its impact on pupil character, behaviour and attitudes.HeadteacherGEMS International Private School Sharjah -
Community partnerships
Build strong local partnerships, keep families informed and involved and promote active participation in local community activities.It is such an important area of development for our pupils and recognises our staff’s commitment to developing pupils’ character, interpersonal skills and developing personal qualities through a wide range of experiences linked to our bespoke enrichment programme.HeadteacherThe Dales School -
Professional development
Ensure staff are equipped to support pupil wellbeing, deliver PSHE effectively, and evaluate impact on personal growth.The well-laid out objectives comprising the award ensured the school could easily focus on and evidence for all aspects of our practice relating to personalising and promoting excellent pupil development.HeadteacherGarston Manor School
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The award process
Steps to achieving an award
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Self-evaluation
Evaluate your current provision against each of the award Objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Practical action planning
Work with the award framework to create and implement your school’s Action Plan
Portfolio building
Work with the award framework to create and implement your school’s Action Plan
Verification
Work with the award framework to create and implement your school’s Action Plan
Accreditation
Work with the award framework to create and implement your school’s Action Plan
Reassessment
Improvements seen during work on the award continue after verification and the school remains accredited for three years.






Mark Jennett was excellent in leading our assessment which was thorough and included incredibly useful discussion on our next steps with signposting to useful resources.
Headteacher
Ridgeway Academy
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