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The International School Award is supported by education departments and devolved administrations across the UK and is administered by the British Council.

It is an accreditation scheme for curriculum-based international work in schools. It is open to all UK schools and is free of charge. 

The ISA supports schools to develop the following:

  • An international ethos embedded throughout the school
  • A majority of pupils within the school impacted by and involved in international work
  • Collaborative curriculum-based work with a number of partner schools
  • Curriculum-based work across a range of subjects
  • Year round international activity
  • Involvement of the wider community
  • Evaluation from a variety of sources allowing you to improve your activities and your international programme.

The ISA offers:

  • a framework within which to form and develop international partnerships and achieve curriculum goals.
  • ideas for developing collaborative curriculum-based international work with partner schools.
  • recognition for teachers and their schools that instill a global dimension into the learning experience of all children and young people.
  • opportunities to raise the school's profile through local and national media coverage 
  • support for delivering on the Sustainable School agenda. The Sustainable Schools National Framework states that :

''By 2020 the Government would like all schools to be models of good global citizenship, enriching their educational mission with activities that improve the lives of people living in other parts of the world.''

For more information about applying for the International School Award see here.


Congratulations to the schools below who have been accredited with the International School Award in Northern Ireland in the past three years:

  • Taughmonagh Primary School (Belfast)
  • Stranmillis Primary School (Belfast)
  • Grosvenor Grammar School (Belfast)
  • Fleming Fulton School (Belfast)
  • Antrim Grammar School (NEELB) 
  • Ballyclare High School (NEELB)
  • St Anne's Primary School (Belfast)
  • Shimna Integrated College (SEELB)
  • Harberton School and Outreach Services (Belfast) 
  • Hazelwood Integrated College (Belfast)
  • Methodist College Belfast (Belfast)
  • Portora Royal School (WELB)
  • Wellington College Belfast (Belfast)
  • St Vincent's School (Belfast)

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