The Award for Schools

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 2022 – 2023
24th March 2023 By 5th May 2023
16th June 2023 By 7th July 2023
Academic Year 2023-2024Academic Year 2023-2024
17th November 2023 By 15th December 2023
15th March 2024 By 3rd March 2024
14th June 2024 By 12th June 2024

 

The award levels are

Bronze level

To achieve the Bronze award all criteria for one theme needs to be completed and uploaded into the action plan. Integrated into the action plan is the pupil voice element for the theme. Also some further evidence, identified in bold in the action plan, needs to be uploaded.

Silver level

To achieve the Silver award, all criteria for two themes need to be completed and uploaded into the action plan. Integrated into the action plans is the pupil voice element for each theme. Also some further evidence, identified in bold in the action plan, needs to be uploaded.  The Staff Wellbeing criteria also needs to be met.

Gold level

To achieve the Gold award, all criteria for all four themes need to be completed and uploaded into the action plan. Integrated into the action plan is the pupil voice element for all the themes. Also some further evidence, identified in bold in the action plan, needs to be uploaded.  The Staff Wellbeing criteria needs to be met and maintained.