UNICEF Rights Rewarding School - Silver Award
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 a Silver Award-winning school:
- We are embedding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in its policy, practice and culture.
- We promote knowledge and understanding of the Convention throughout your school community.
- We are seeing 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.
Find out more: www.unicef.org.uk Rights Respecting Schools (link opens in new window)
Artsmark - Gold Award
Arts Council England supports settings to develop and celebrate their commitment to arts and cultural education for all children and young people. Their flexible framework helps embed arts, culture and creativity to support a broad and ambitious curriculum, strengthen pupil voice and support personal progression.
Find out more: www.artsmark.org.uk (link opens in new window)
Sainsbury School Games - Gold Mark Award
Valence has achieved the Sainsbury's School Games Gold Mark. This is a Government led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. This is a fantastic achievement, well done to all the Valence Sport's Team for achieving this award! We will soon proudly display our certificate, pennant and plaque.
Find out more: www.yourschoolgames.com School Games Mark (link opens in new window)
Eco-Schools - Green Flag Award
Eco-Schools in more than 70 countries around the world follow the same Seven Step framework, which has been designed to place young people in control of environmental actions in their school, local community and beyond.
Find out more: www.eco-schools.org.uk (link opens in new window)
Healthy Schools London - Silver Award
We have been awarded the Healthy Schools London Silver Award based on Physical Education and Healthy Lifestyle.
Healthy Schools London is an Awards Programme that will reach out to every London child, working with schools to improve children's and young people's well-being.
Find out more: www.london.gov.uk Valence Primary School (link opens in new window)
TfL Travel for Life -Bronze Award
We have been awarded the TfL Travel for Life bronze award. TfL Travel for Life is an accreditation programme offering schools and education settings across London a series of educational programmes designed to inspire young Londoners to travel actively, responsibly and safely.
Find out more: travelforlife.tfl.gov.uk (link opens in new window)
Food Hygiene Ratings - Good & Very Good
We hold a very high standard in the Food Standard Agencies (FSA) Food Hygiene Ratings award. We currently hold the highest score available, a 5 (Very Good). This rating demonstrates that we excel in the following...
- How hygienically the food is handled – how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored
- The condition of the structure of the buildings – the cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities
- How to manage what we do to make sure food is safe and so that the officer can be confident standards will be maintained in the future
Find out more: Bonham Road Site Rating (link opens in new window) - St. George's Road Site Rating (link opens in new window)
Tooth Friendly Nursery - Silver Award
Our Tooth Friendly Nursery - Silver Award was granted by North East London Outreach Dental Services.
Find out more: www.kentcht.nhs.uk Outreach Dental Services North London (link opens in new window)
