Stowe School - The Award

Why is there an Award?

The Award at Stowe is designed to encourage Stoics to see the benefits of engaging fully in all areas of school life and to ensure that you finish your time at Stowe with valuable experience and qualifications which will help you stand out in a fast-changing world, whilst also offering you the opportunity to learn through positive experience.

Stowe is building a generation of Change Makers; ready to transform the world.

Yes, we teach you how to pass exams, but we also teach you how to collaborate, how to solve problems and how to think critically and creatively. Through The Award, we will equip you with the skills, resilience and ideas you need to adapt and thrive in a world that’s changing faster than ever before.

The Award will help prepare you to enter adult life, to go out into the world and make positive change, create new opportunities and build a better future for all.

The Award - Levels

Stoics will engage with The Award at three different levels during their time at Stowe. At all levels you will be expected to engage in eight key areas of school life.

Foundation
Third Form
Development
Fourth and Fifth Form
Streamlining
Sixth Form

Academic Achievement, Achieving, Beyond Term-Time and Citizenship
Engagement
In these four areas will be reviewed on a termly basis. Points will be awarded for participation and engagement, rather than simply for levels or grades achieved.

Sport and Physical Activity, The Arts, In the Community and Thinking Differently
Engagement in these four areas will be scored according to the following levels of engagement; Participation, Personal Skill Development, Active Contribution and Taking the Lead. It is important to remember that everyone is different and there is a wide range of opportunities available at Stowe, so these levels of engagement may be interpreted differently in different areas.

Academic Achievement

Achieving

Citizenship

Beyond Term-Time

Sport and Physical Activity

In the Community

The Arts

Thinking Differently

What do you get out of this?

The main benefit to you is a well-rounded personal profile, which will be a great foundation when it comes to writing Personal Statements and putting together your CV. These are the differentiators which will help you stand out in a competitive world beyond Stowe. However, it wouldn’t be an Award, without an element of Reward:

Celebration Events
These will be held each term, to which top scorers will be invited to attend.

Ties and Pins
These will be awarded as thresholds are met at each level of The Award.

Scholarships and Exhibitions
These will be awarded to Top Award Holders at the beginning of the Fifth Form and Upper Sixth.

Work Experience Placements
The top scorers in the Fifth Form and Upper Sixth will be invited to interview for work experience placements with a range of businesses and work places.

The Award

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Life at Stowe

The Award

Why is there an Award?

The Award - Levels

Academic Achievement

Achieving

Citizenship

Beyond Term-Time

Sport and Physical Activity

In the Community

The Arts

Thinking Differently

The Award