The Award
The submission process
Once schools have completed all criteria for one theme for Bronze, two themes plus Staff Wellbeing for Silver and four themes for Gold; evidence can be submitted towards achieving an award.
Action plan templates need to be completed and uploaded along with the additional evidence that is outlined in the action plan for each theme.
Please note that themes can be worked on in any order depending on a school's individual priorities. The four award themes are: Active Lives, Emotional Health & Wellbeing, Food in schools and Personal, Social & Health Education.
Submission dates
There will be 3 submission dates during the academic years 2021-22 and 2022-22:
| Online award submission date | Schools notified of achievement or further evidence requested no later than |
| Academic Year 2021-22 | |
| 19th November 2021 | By 18th December 2021 |
| 26th March 2022 | By 7th May 2022 |
| 17th June 2022 | By 9th July 2022 |
| Academic Year 2022 - 2023 | |
| 18th November 2022 | By 16th December 2022 |
| 24th March 2023 | By 5th May 2023 |
| 16th June 2023 | By 7th July 2023 |
Bronze
To achieve the Bronze award, all criteria for one theme needs to be completed and uploaded into the action plan templates. Integrated into the action plan is the pupil voice element for the theme. In addition, some further evidence identified in bold in the action plan needs to be uploaded as evidence towards the Bronze award.
Silver
To achieve the Silver award, all criteria for two themes need to be completed and uploaded into the action plan templates. Integrated into the action plans is the pupil voice element for the themes. In addition, some further evidence identified in bold in the action plan needs to be uploaded as evidence towards the Silver award. The Staff Wellbeing criteria also needs to be met to achieve the Silver award.
Gold
To achieve the Gold award, all criteria for all four themes need to be completed and evidence uploaded into the action plan templates. Integrated into the action plan is the pupil voice element for the themes. In addition, some further evidence identified in bold in the action plan needs to be uploaded as evidence towards the Gold award. The Staff Wellbeing criteria also needs to be met and maintained to achieve the Gold award.