The Excellence Award for Outstanding Primary Subject Leadership
This award, sponsored by Royal Ballet & Opera Schools Create & Design recognises exceptional, effective, and inspiring leadership. The award winner will demonstrate the development of a progressive, outstanding, innovative, and creative primary D&T curriculum delivered across the whole school, resulting in clear learning progression and an impressive improvement in pupil attainment and achievement.
This subject leader will be identified as going above and beyond typical subject leadership requirements, inspiring and motivating pupils to achieve success and seize the opportunities presented to them.
Evidence should include
- How a clear vision for the subject has been established within the school which all can aspire to
- How staff have been empowered to play an active role in the delivery of this vision
- How support structures have been put in place to help to develop and empower staff
- Award winner will demonstrate how they have promoted and supported consistently high quality, engaging teaching that inspires their pupils and delivers exceptional design and technology learning.
- Leadership will be of a high standard that allows colleagues to deliver a challenging D&T curriculum offer confidently.
Evidence could include
- Inspirational curriculum activities
- Cross curricular links
- Creation of inspirational teaching resources
- New and innovative methods of teaching
- Evidence of extending the D&T curriculum beyond the classroom walls providing context and motivation for learning
- Noticeable improvement in the subject
- Massive pupil engagement and passion for the subject.