Success Looks different awards 2023

Returning for the second year, the Inclusion Ambassadors are running the Success Looks Different Awards again in 2023.

They wanted to give more schools the chance to share how they are helping pupils with additional support needs feel included, supported and celebrated.

The idea came from their vision statement and their want to encourage schools to look at the successes of pupils beyond exam results and attainment levels.

The awards are a great way for schools to share different and creative ways success can be celebrated. More often than not, when schools talk about achievements in learning, they talk about exams. Although exam results are important to so many pupils, not everyone is on this traditional path.

By creating these awards, the Inclusion Ambassadors are also creating a platform for schools to show that they all celebrating all pupils.

In 2022 we had 43 schools enter. They were from all across Scotland. There were three different categories: Primary and Early Years, Secondary Schools and Special Schools.

The Inclusion Ambassadors created a list of the most important things they thought needed to be included when celebrating success.

These included:
– Creativity
– Children’s Rights
– Sharing success with the wider community
– The importance of relationships in school when celebrating success

Once a shortlist had been decided, a group of the Inclusion Ambassadors chose the winners and runners-up.