Student Recognition Scheme
Are you looking for support in helping your students evaluate their knowledge, skills, and abilities in their leadership roles, with an opportunity to accredit them for their contributions?
Start date
On-demand
Format
Audit tool and online or in-person support
Cost
From £440 + VAT
SSAT Membership discount apply
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Most students admitted anxiety about leadership experiences as it required them to step outside their comfort zone. They discussed how confidence was crucial as it was associated with self-belief and willingness to put oneself forward in a group.
Wright et al, 2023
SSAT’s Student Leader Recognition Scheme is the ideal way of recognising students throughout their leadership journey. Our scheme focuses on the six research-informed strands of student leadership for impact outlined in the infographic below.
Rooted in evidence about how student leadership develops over time, there are four levels of award:
- Bronze Award: Recognising how students develop leadership of themselves
- Silver Award: Recognising how students lead with others.
- Gold Award: Recognising how students lead for their school.
- Platinum Award: Recognising how students are prepared for adult leadership.
Our recognition scheme draws on SSAT’s unparalleled national and international expertise and history in the field of student leadership. The benefits to students include:
- A structured process of self-evaluation against 18 key leadership skills
- Clear guidance for developing a portfolio as a record of achievements
- Up to four different levels of public recognition for their achievements
- Certification from the premier national organisation for student leadership
Schools taking part in SSAT’s Student Leader Recognition Scheme will also see the following benefits:
- Enhanced sense of inclusion, rooted in a sense of belonging and contribution
- Strengthened culture of student leadership aligned with school values
- Improved focus on student leadership at all levels within the organisation
- Increased visibility of student leadership to inspire the next generation
Find out how the recognition scheme works
The recognition framework has enabled us to move from viewing leadership as something held by a small group of students to something that is developed across the whole school. Through a structured leadership curriculum and targeted staff CPD, we have embedded opportunities for students to practise leadership within everyday learning, ensuring it is accessible to all. Crucially, our student leaders now understand that their role is not only to lead, but to create opportunities for others to do the same. As a result, we are seeing students become more reflective, more confident, and more willing to take initiative; often in ways they would not previously have recognised as leadership. It has been genuinely inspiring to work alongside them and see this shift in how they view themselves and their potential.
Marie Dryden, Assistant Headteacher, Dyatmika School
Are you an SSAT member?
You already have access to the core student recognition package as part of your membership. All of your students can apply for validation of their work within the programme at no additional cost. Just click ‘Book Now’ to be sent everything you need to get started.
Student leadership expert
Dr Keven Bartle, Senior Education Lead, SSAT
Keven has been a teacher for almost three decades and was headteacher at a richly diverse secondary school in London for nine years. Through his career, Keven has been committed to the power of education for social justice and transformation, working in schools where staff make a difference to the lives of children, families and communities.
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