The STEM Nation Award has been developed by Education Scotland to celebrate, promote and build on effective practice in STEM education within and across sectors. All early learning and childcare (ELC) settings, primary schools, secondary schools and providers of community learning and development (CLD) are eligible to apply for the STEM Nation Award. Settings may apply for an individual element or any combination of elements. Settings which achieve all five elements within a three year period will be eligible for the full STEM Nation Award.

The elements

The STEM Nation Award consists of five elements:

• Leadership in STEM – This element celebrates effective leadership at all levels including children and young people leading STEM learning.
• STEM family and community learning – This element recognises commitment to family and community learning  which is helping to build the STEM capital of learners, their families and local communities.
• Employability and STEM partnership working – This element celebrates sustained collaboration between settings and their STEM partner(s) to develop learners’ STEM and employability skills.
• STEM curriculum and learner pathways/progression routes – This element recognises the work of settings in developing an inspiring STEM curriculum and associated learner pathways and progression routes.
• Equity and equality in STEM – This element celebrates the work settings are undertaking to address the issues of equity and equality in STEM.

Register your school for the STEM Nation Award here