School Impact Awards

Whole-school awards that deliver more impact in less time

Pupil Wellbeing Award

Support and improve physical, emotional and mental health for all pupils

Outdoor Learning Award

Help pupils grow in confidence and skills through learning outside

Staff Wellbeing Award

Support and improve physical, emotional and mental health for all staff

Pupil Resilience Award

Build and strengthen resilience, self-belief and confidence in all pupils

Take a free self-evaluation

Take a free self-evaluation

Find out how your school's provision measures up against our benchmarks

What's different about School Impact Awards?

Focused on impact

Focused on impact

These awards are not about ticking boxes. They focus on the impact and positive changes you make at your school.

Achievable within a term

Achievable within a term

These awards are manageable and time-friendly so you can address more areas of school improvement.

Evidence-light

Evidence-light

With these awards, you'll collect just one piece of evidence showing impact for each award benchmark.

Affordable price

Affordable price

These awards are a fraction of the price of more intensive, time-heavy accreditations.

Silver or Gold level

Silver or Gold level

With Gold you'll go for all the benchmarks. With Silver, you choose half of the benchmarks to work on.

Professional and school development

Professional and school development

These awards provide valuable opportunities for CPD and are easy to link with your school improvement plan.

The route to accreditation

Accreditation path

Accredited by Optimus Education

For over 15 years, schools have been using Optimus Education awards to improve their whole-school provision

750 000+

750 000+

Pupils impacted

3000+

3000+

Schools accredited with our awards

1500+

1500+

Schools currently working towards awards

What schools say about Optimus Education
Receiving the Staff Wellbeing Award has had a profound impact on our school community. It reflects the commitment we’ve made to creating an environment where staff feel valued, supported, and able to thrive both personally and professionally.
William Edwards School
Embark Federation
‘We have loved working in partnership with Optimus Education over the past 2 and a half years. The staff are very friendly and helpful and I always feel they work with the trust to meet our needs.’
Matt Crawford, CEO, Embark Federation and NLE
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‘Greatness comes from those that keep moving forward, figuring out what works and marching relentlessly every day. This is what we believe at CIS and using the Optimus frameworks of the awards has helped us focus forward on improving what we provide for our students, staff and parents.’
Headteacher, Cambridge International School
You are able to respond in a way to every benchmark in a way that works for your school and staff unlike some other highly prescriptive awards. With a team effort and wellbeing a school priority, you will see an improvement in attendance, attainment and pupils' and parents' wellbeing.
Albion Primary School
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‘We are delighted that the assessment has recognised the journey we have started and what we have achieved so far. Thank you for the opportunity for enriching dialogue, we will continue to refer to this experience as we continue to move forward.'
Headteacher, GEMS Wellington International School
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‘This award will serve as a springboard for our future plans to strengthen and embed the provision we already have in place. Our ability to do all that we can in this area is fully supported by our governing body ensuring that positive emotional wellbeing and mental health remain at the heart of the school.'
Headteacher, JFS