Thank you for your interest in the Community Learning and Development (CLD) award. This award recognises and celebrates the integral contribution of CLD to improving the educational outcomes and life chances of our children and young people.

CLD covers a broad range of practice including youth work, community based adult learning, family learning and community development. It is a field of professional practice that enables people to identify their own individual and collective goals, to engage in learning and take action to bring about change for themselves and their communities. CLD uses a range of formal and informal methods of learning and social development with individuals and groups in their communities. Further information can be found via the following links:

About Community Learning and Development | Community learning and development | Scottish education system | Education Scotland

CLD Standards Council for Scotland | Professional Learning

Examples of CLD approaches include:

• youth work; family learning and other early intervention work with children, young people and families;
• adult learning, including adult literacies and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL);
• learning for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the community, for example, people with disabilities, care leavers or offenders;
• volunteer development; learning support and guidance in the community;
• building the capacity of communities to meet their own needs

We hope you’ll be encouraged to submit a nomination so we can celebrate the role of CLD in the successes and achievements within Scottish education.

Please give careful thought to the points below before submitting your nomination. It is important that you provide as much detail as you can to give a good account of the practical activities and programmes you are supporting in relation to this award category. You should answer each question fully as the scoring criteria for the awards are based on these questions. Bullet points and concise sentences are acceptable.

For this award you may wish to include additional details about the following:

• How you are focusing on addressing inequalities (e.g. poverty, disability and health related inequalities, narrowing the attainment gap)?
• How you have identified and overcome barriers to engagement?
• How you have developed and implemented partnership working?
• How have children, young people and learners been involved, in developing and delivering projects and activities?
• How the programme promotes the CLD values of self-determination, inclusion, empowerment, collaboration and life-long learning.
• Engagement with CLD practitioners and volunteers.

Thank you for your interest in the Curriculum Innovation category of the Scottish Education Awards. This award recognises early learning and childcare settings, schools and their partners that have developed innovative and impactful approaches to curriculum development and design. The culture and ethos of establishments nominated for this award category will be underpinning their curriculum design work with approaches which ensure the inclusion of all their children and young people and enhance equity and equality.

Current opportunities for curriculum innovation in Scotland might lie in the following areas:

• Interdisciplinary learning (IDL)
• The BGE offer from P6 to S3
• Using Scotland’s Curriculum framework as set out in the Refreshed Narrative to re-visit and re-energise approaches to curriculum making
• New approaches to timetabling in secondary
• The development of play pedagogy from the early years onwards
• The use of digital to extend and enhance the curriculum offer
• The development of learner pathways leading to greater choice in the senior phase
• Using the four capacities to support children and young people’s learning and development
• Developing curriculum design capacity and skills with all involved in the setting and/or school community
• Building on the opportunities provided by recent developments in DYW, STEM, Creativity and outdoor learning

We hope you’ll be encouraged to submit a nomination so we can help celebrate and share your achievements with others. The suggestions we note above are drawn from the following papers which you may find useful:

Refreshed Narrative

Thought paper – Interdisciplinary Learning: ambitious learning for an increasingly complex world

Thought paper – Learner Pathways: a key to successful curriculum design

Realising the Ambition

CAB paper: Achieving transformational change in curriculum design and development for the 3-18 learner journey.

Please provide as much detail as you can to give a good account of the thinking, professional learning, practical activities and programmes you are supporting in relation to this award category. Please answer each question as fully as you can as the scoring criteria for the awards are based on these questions. We offer prompts with each question to support your thinking. Bullet points and concise sentences often work well.

Please note: the Curriculum Innovation category is for early learning and childcare and school settings only. If you would like to nominate an individual for an award then please see Lifetime Achievement, Digital Innovator, Teacher of the Year or Headteacher of the Year categories.

This award recognises educators who are inspiring and successful digital innovators in education who are harnessing the power technology can offer in education to make a daily difference to students and staff alike.

Digital technologies can be used in many creative ways within education to improve teaching and learning outcomes. This award recognises educators who are showcasing technology as a positive force for good and are role models for the teaching profession in the 21st Century.

Is there a teacher/educator in your early learning and childcare setting or school who stands out from the rest? If so, can you answer the following questions to explain what makes this teacher so good.

Thank you for your interest in the Gaelic Education category of the Scottish Education Awards. This award recognises early learning and childcare settings and schools that have developed a positive culture of continuous improvement in relation to Gaelic Medium and Gaelic Learner Education.

Establishments nominated for this award category should promote respect, ambition and achievement in Gaelic Education while improving outcomes for all learners in ways which eliminate inequity.

We hope you will be encouraged to submit a nomination so we can celebrate successes and achievements for Gaelic Education in Scotland.

Please give careful thought before submitting your nomination. It is important that you provide as much detail as you can to give a good account of the practical activities and programmes you are supporting. You should answer each question fully as the scoring criteria for the awards are based on these questions. Bullet points and concise sentences are acceptable.

Please note: the Gaelic Education Award category is for early learning and childcare and school settings only. If you would like to nominate an individual for an award then please see Lifetime Achievement Award, Teacher of the Year or Headteacher of the Year categories.

Thank you for your interest in the Headteacher of the Year category of the Scottish Education Awards. This award recognises headteachers who provide inspirational leadership, who motivate and engage staff, children and young people, parents and partners across the school and its community, ensuring excellent learning experiences and achievement for all.

We hope you’ll be encouraged to submit a nomination so we can celebrate the successes and achievements of Scottish education.

Please give careful thought before submitting your nomination. It is important that you provide as much detail as you can to give a good account of the headteacher’s leadership and its impact . You should answer each question fully, as the scoring criteria for the awards are based on these questions. Bullet points and concise sentences are welcome.

Thank you for your interest in the Lifetime Achievement category of the Scottish Education Awards. This award recognises a wide range of educators, including qualified early years practitioners, teachers and headteachers approaching the end of their careers. It also recognises those within the early learning and childcare setting or school that support children, young people, staff and the life of the school or setting and wider community. They may be a classroom or learning assistant, youth worker, auxiliary, cleaner, janitor, administrator or in another role as long as they support the educational setting and community.

We hope you’ll be encouraged to submit a nomination so we can celebrate successes and achievements within Scottish education.

Please give careful thought before submitting your nomination. It is important that you provide enough detail to give a good account of the person you have nominated.
You should cover each heading fully, using the bullet points as a guide, as the scoring criteria for the awards are based on these questions. Bullet points and concise sentences are acceptable.

This award is for an Early Learning and Childcare setting, that can demonstrate its effectiveness in transforming the life chances of the children and families which it serves. This award is specifically designed to identify and highlight how a setting is creatively and constructively overcoming challenges, particularly through those areas which are the responsibility of all: literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing.

Please give careful thought before submitting your nomination. It is important that you provide as much detail as you can to give a good account of the practical activities and programmes you are engaging with in relation to this award category. You should answer each question fully as the scoring criteria for the awards are based on these questions. Bullet points and concise sentences are acceptable.

Please note: this category is for ELC settings only. If you would like to nominate an individual for an award then please see Lifetime Achievement, Headteacher of the Year or Teacher of the Year categories.

This award is for a primary school, or other establishment, (e.g. special school or all-through school), that can demonstrate its effectiveness in transforming the life chances of the children and young people which it serves. This award is specifically designed to identify and highlight how a school/establishment is creatively and constructively overcoming challenges, particularly through those areas which are the responsibility of all: literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing.

Please give careful thought before submitting your nomination. It is important that you provide as much detail as you can to give a good account of the practical activities and programmes you are engaging with in relation to this award category. You should answer each question fully as the scoring criteria for the awards are based on these questions. Bullet points and concise sentences are acceptable.

Please note: this category is for primary and other settings only. If you would like to nominate an individual for an award then please see Lifetime Achievement, Headteacher of the Year or Teacher of the Year categories.

This award is for a secondary school, or other establishment, (e.g. special school or all-through school), that can demonstrate its effectiveness in transforming the life chances of the children and young people which it serves. This award is specifically designed to identify and highlight how a school/establishment is creatively and constructively overcoming challenges, particularly through those areas which are the responsibility of all: literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing.

Please give careful thought before submitting your nomination. It is important that you provide as much detail as you can to give a good account of the practical activities and programmes you are engaging with in relation to this award category. You should answer each question fully as the scoring criteria for the awards are based on these questions. Bullet points and concise sentences are acceptable.

Please note: this category is for secondary or other settings as noted above. If you would like to nominate an individual for an award then please see Lifetime Achievement, Headteacher of the Year or Teacher of the Year categories.

Thank you for your interest in the Parent and Family Engagement category of the Scottish Education Awards. This award recognises parent, carer and family engagement in early learning and childcare settings, schools and other settings.

The culture and ethos of establishments nominated for this award category should promote respect, ambition and achievement in working with parents, carers and families while improving outcomes for all learners in ways which eliminate inequity.

We hope you’ll be encouraged to submit a nomination so we can celebrate successes and achievements within Scottish education.

Please give careful thought before submitting your nomination. It is important that you provide as much detail as you can to give a good account of the practical activities and programmes you are supporting in relation to this award category. You should answer each question fully as the scoring criteria for the awards are based on these questions. Bullet points and concise sentences are acceptable.

Please note: If you would like to nominate an individual for an award then please see Lifetime Achievement, Teacher of the Year or Headteacher of the Year categories.

The Teacher of the Year Award is an opportunity to recognise those teachers who are bringing learning to life by engaging and inspiring all children and young people to fulfil their potential. It recognises the outstanding work of those who are enthusiastic, creative, caring and challenging in a school or early learning and childcare setting.

Your nomination will allow us to celebrate successes and achievements within Scottish education.

Please give careful thought before submitting your nomination. It is important that you provide enough detail for each of the sections.