The Swaminarayan School has been the 101st school nationally to achieve the prestigious NACE Challenge Award for the second time. Re-accreditation of this Award is given for sustaining high quality work by the whole school, teachers and governors, in challenging all pupils, including those with high abilities, to achieve their best over the last four years.
The award is given by NACE: the National Association for Able Children in Education, a leading national education organisation and registered charity established for over 30 years. The association exists to help the daily work of teachers providing for pupils with high abilities whilst enabling all pupils to flourish. It provides advice, training and resources for teachers, including the NACE Challenge Award Self-Evaluation Framework which The Swaminarayan School has used to review and plan what it provides for more able, gifted and talented pupils. Many thousands of primary and secondary schools are using The NACE Challenge Award Framework to develop their work.
To achieve the award for a second time is most challenging, and the award is only given when schools demonstrate that they have sustained a high level of quality provision over the last four years and addressed any development points from their last assessment. NACE Assessors were impressed by the strong leadership and management of provision, which keeps the needs of more able learners at the forefront of the school’s work, supported effectively by governors. They judged the quality of the school’s work by observing lessons, interviewing the pupils, teachers, parents and governors and by looking at the pupils’ work. The accreditation was made on the basis of the high quality seen across the school and the commitment to continuing to ensure high quality provision for more able, gifted and talented pupils for years to come.
The Head of Prep School, Umeshchandra Raja commented: "Re-accreditation of this Award is given for sustaining high quality work over the last four years, by the whole school, teachers and governors, in challenging all pupils, including those with high abilities.”
NACE Chief Executive Sue Riley said: “The Swaminarayan School has worked hard to win NACE Challenge Award Re-accreditation status. It has shown itself to be committed to developing a school and providing an education where all pupils are challenged to be the best they can be.”
