International School Award

Activities from your Global School Partnership project contribute to your International School Award

About the International School Award (ISA)

The International School Award (ISA) is an accreditation scheme which recognises good practice in schools that successfully add an international dimension to their school curriculum.

Schools participating in a Global School Partnerships project can use these activities to support their application for an International School Award as long as they have a global dimension within their curriculum.

The award is open to all schools (nursery to sixth form), free of charge. There are three different categories and if successful, schools can use the relevant ISA logo on press releases, publications, website – any promotional activity.

Many schools have gone on to achieve accreditation with the International School Award as a result of their work through Global School Partnership projects.

"Their 'International School Award’… has had a very positive impact on developing pupils' awareness of the cultures of other countries, while still promoting an understanding of their own culture." ISA accredited Primary School - Ofsted Report

Three categories

The International School Award has three categories:

1. Foundation - Introducing Internationalism; suitable for schools embarking on international work and intending to set up links.
Suggested Global School Partnerships stage: 'Get Started' and 'Start to build your partnership'
Deadline: There is no deadline for this award.
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2. Intermediate - Developing Internationalism; suitable for schools who have a European or a global link and have done some international work
Suggested Global School Partnerships stage: 'Developing good practice in your partnership'
Deadline: There is no deadline for this award
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3. Full International School Award - a process over one school year whereby work is planned, shown to be embedded, and evidence and evaluation are submitted.
Suggested Global School Partnership stage: 'Completion of Year 1 Global Curriculum Project'
Deadline: We encourage schools to submit action plans before November in order to start collating evidence straight away at the beginning of the school year. The next deadline for receipt of 2011 Full ISA action plans will be announced soon.
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