Awards

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on 27 February, 2006

The standard of education we seek to provide at Rush Common Primary School has been recognised by the following awards:

The British Council International School Award recognises good practice in curriculum-based international work in schools.

Rush Common Primary School has been linked with other schools in Europe since September 2001 through involvement in the Socrates Comenius Programme. Each project spans 3 years and allows pupils and staff within the partnership to work together on topics of common interest.

Each school submits an action plan of activities to be undertaken during the following school year.

The selection criteria for the action plan are:

If the Action Plan is approved the school undertakes the activities and submits a dossier of evidence in July of the second school year.

If the dossier is approved the school is granted the International School Award.

For further information click here for:
The British Council Awards Site
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Investors in People is the national Standard which sets out a level of good practice for training and development of people to achieve business goals.

The Standard was developed during 1990 by the National Training Task Force in partnership with leading national businesses, personnel, professional and employee organisations such as the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD).

The work was supported by the Employment Department.

The experiences of the UK's most successful organisations, large and small, representing all sectors of the UK economy, were very positive and the Standard received the full endorsement of a wide range of interested parties.

The Standard provides a national framework for improving business performance and competitiveness, through a planned approach to setting and communicating business objectives and developing people to meet these objectives.

The result is - what people can and are motivated to do matches what the organisation needs them to do. Investors in People is cyclical and should engender the culture of continuous improvement.

For further information please click here: Investors in People

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The scheme was originally developed to celebrate the achievements of schools that have either made significant improvement or are high performing.

School achievement awards were made for the third and last time in 2002. Awards were given to schools where pupils' results in 2002 were substantially better than in 1999 or where results in 2002 were better than most schools in similar circumstances in that year. They were intended to reward staff teams at award-winning schools and to encourage further progress. Both teachers and support staff were eligible for bonuses funded by an award. With advice from the head, governing bodies decided how to share an award between staff.

For further information please click here: School Achievement Awards

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The Active Schools programme is the foundation and critical element in Sport England's commitment to involving more people in sport.

The Active Schools programme complements and reinforces the two other elements of the programme, Active Sport and Active Communities.

Activemark Gold is an accreditation scheme for the primary sector that recognises and rewards a school for its commitment to promoting the benefits of physical activity and offering good physical activity provision.

The programme provides schools with a thorough auditing and development tool to help raise the standard of physical activity provision.

The Activemark process is closely linked with the British Heart Foundation's (BHF) The Active School Resource Pack for Primary Schools, which offers practical steps and guidance on how to plan, as well as ideas on improving all-round physical activity provision.

For more information please click here : www.sportengland.org

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The Naacemark has been developed by Naace, (The National Association for Advisors in Computer Education) in association with Becta.

It is an award which recognises a school's success in developing and implementing a strategic approach to ICT.

It provides a framework for using ICT to enhance teaching and learning and provides opportunities for the school community to develop ICT capability.

Working towards and gaining the Naacemark enables schools to move forward with the knowledge that they are implementing recognised good practice.

More details can be obtained from the Naace website.

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Eco-Schools is a programme for environmental management and certification, and sustainable development education, for schools.

Its holistic, participatory approach and combination of learning and action make it an ideal way for schools to embark on a meaningful path to improving the environments of schools and their local communities, and of influencing the lives of young people, school staff, families, local authorities.

The Eco Schools programme is a Europe-wide project designed to encourage whole-school action for the environment.

It is a recognised award scheme, rewarding and accrediting schools that have made a commitment to continuously improving their environmental performance.

It is also a learning resource, raising awareness of environmental issues through activities that link to curriculum subjects.

The aim of the Eco Schools programme is to make environmental awareness and action an intrinsic part of the life and ethos of the school - both for pupils and for staff.

Please click on this link to find useful information about Eco Schools UK

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