Assessment Information:
Applications for Assessment, Spring Term, 2010 are now invited:
- Applications for Challenge Award Assessments for Audit in the Spring Term will be accepted up until February 08 2010
- Spring term Audits will be carried out between January 11th 2010 to March 26th 2010
Challenge Award Updates:
Read NACE's new guidance.
Are you ready to apply to gain the Challenge Award?
The Challenge Award
Framework
From January 2008 schools will
be assessed using the Revised
Version of the Challenge Award Framework.
Purchased by
20% of schools in England.
85% of Local Authorities in
England.
International schools in France,
Romania, Russia, Singapore,
The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and New Zealand.
3 national conferences held for
1,000 teacher delegates.
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The NACE Challenge Award Framework is a whole-school self-evaluation tool and process which allows an in depth analysis of provision with exemplification of evidence and action planning to improve.
The Framework consists of ten elements which together describe quality provision. Each Element contains objective criteria and suggested evidence of what constitutes effective practice. It not only gives benchmarks but, with the supporting documents, shows you how to improve.
The Challenge Award Framework is being used by the majority of local authorities in England and many thousands of schools, including independent schools.
The NACE Challenge is commended in the National Strategy Handbook for Leading Teachers. See course file and handbook for Leading Teachers, pages 87- 89.
The Welsh Assembly Government have adopted the 10 Elements of the framework as their National Quality Standards.
For details, please click on the links below:
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Schools presented at the famous Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
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Pupils from twenty nine primary and secondary schools from across the UK gathered at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford on May 20th 2009 to celebrate achieving the prestigious NACE Challenge Award. The schools, the first in their Local Authorities to be awarded, during 2007-8, were presented with their certificates by Professor John Stannard, CBE, the National Champion for G&T in England and Professor Joan Freeman, a leading national and international figure in G&T Education and patron of NACE.
Click here to read some of the pupils’ speeches |
