Rights Respected - Nottage Primary – Silver Award

We are proud to be a Silver Award holder for the UNICEF’s Rights Respecting School Award.

Below is a summary of the award from UNICEF:

Silver: Rights Aware is the second stage of the Rights Respecting Schools Award.

It is granted by UNICEF UK to schools that show good progress towards embedding children’s rights in the school’s policy, practice and ethos, as outlined in the Rights Respecting Schools Award Strands and Outcomes.

To achieve Silver: Rights Aware, schools will be assessed by one of our Professional Advisers who will look at the whole school’s rights respecting work.

Your Silver: Rights Aware accreditation is valid for three years, after which you will need to be accredited at Gold: Rights Respecting.

Achieving Silver: Rights Aware means there is evidence that:

• Your school is explicitly embedding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in its policy, practice and culture.
• You are promoting knowledge and understanding of the Convention throughout your school community.
• You are putting into action and developing the plans outlined on your Action Plan for Silver, which you submitted to achieve Bronze: Rights Committed.
• You are beginning to see the positive impact of these actions on children and young people, staff, and on the school’s ethos, practice and environment.
• Children and young people are beginning to see themselves as rights respecting global citizens and advocates for fairness and children’s rights, both locally and globally.

At Nottage we are now focused on continually developing our ethos and working towards the gold award. For more information on our progress please view our working document in the Policies, Reports and Procedures section of the website.