Achieved in October 2017 LOtC (Silver) recognises schools which have an awareness of the benefits of providing frequent, continuous and progressive LOtC to all pupils. 

In June 2021 we achieved the final, prestigious Gold LOtC Mark. This Award was renewed in July 2025.

LOtC Mark (Gold) recognises exemplary LOtC provision in schools and indicates that a school is a leader in ensuring that all pupils have access to frequent, continuous and progressive learning outside the classroom to support their learning and achievement. The LOtC Mark recognises existing exemplary provision and assists and supports schools in developing their LOtC offer to enable all children to have access to meaningful LOtC experiences. The LOtC Mark is the only national accreditation for schools which recognises, and supports, the development of learning outside the classroom across all subject areas.

To gain the award lots of evidence has been collected to show how, we are promoting and protecting positive emotional wellbeing and mental health within school.

We held a range of meetings with staff, governors, dinner supervisors; parents and the children.

We asked the whole school community to complete questionnaires showing their level of understanding around mental health and the award, which we repeated towards the end of the assessment to show the knowledge gained, prior to our final assessment and verification during June 2019. This is reviewed and we are proud to have renewed our accreditation for this in May 2023 and again in June 2026.

National College is a multi-award winning digital training provider with extensive resources in online safety, developed in line with the Department of Education’s statutory requirements.

Its CPD accredited courses and educational resources support UK schools in educating the whole school community in online safety– including all school staff, senior leaders, teachers and parents – on how to make the internet a safer place for children.

In November 2022 we were delighted to be recognised as the winners of the Alex Timpson Award for 2022.  This recognises our outstanding Attachment Aware and Trauma Informed Practice. 

In January 2024 we received accreditation for the Leading Parent Partnership Award. The report stated that "the mechanisms in place to communicate with parents are effective and supportive. There is a genuine sense of partnership between parents and school leaders."