Schools are invited to apply for Endorsement three years after achieving their Digital Schools Award.

Endorsement is a reaffirmation of the school’s continuing journey of self-analysis and development in digital learning and teaching. 

Several broad principles are used to develop the endorsement award, namely:  

1. Endorsement is conferred on schools where there is evidence of maintaining its digital currency and  where learners’ digital experience is consistent throughout the school.     
2. The endorsement is based on up-to-date stakeholder and policy-informed definition of what it means to be a digitally literate school;  
3. Re-applying schools are asked to submit evidence of their current development for effective and varied digital learning and teaching. Full guidance is provided on the application platform on the types of evidence required for endorsement;  
4. The ethos of the award continues to be celebratory, affirmative and positive, seeking out and recognising digitally enriched learning and teaching; 
5. Endorsement is independently validated;  
6. The re-application process road-maps emerging technologies and digital pedagogies as well as celebrating schools’ achievements.  

Completing your application  

For endorsement, there is no requirement for the school to repeat the comprehensive submission process undertaken for the original DSAS award. Rather, we are interested in the school’s continued digital story and how it has built on its original submission.  The evidence required for the application should therefore show how the school has developed and added value to the original award.      

The checklist below allows schools to explain how they have both made progress in digital learning and teaching, and, where appropriate, where they have been particularly innovative in one or more areas.