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Digital School Award (Scotland)

Digital Schools Awards is a national awards scheme to promote, recognise and encourage a whole school approach to the use of digital technology in schools.

The Digital Schools Award Scotland (DSAS) programme helps schools assess progress and recognise excellence in the use of digital technology at nursery, primary, special education and secondary level while providing practical support and encouragement.

Discover how the digital schools award framework can support your setting to lead digital learning, teaching and assessment.

Validation for DSAS

 

Catherine Cunningham is a DSAS validator. Here she shares an overview of the purpose and structure of the award framework and criteria.  Catherine provides helpful advice and top tips from starting your journey in registering for the award through to the validation visit and what to expect.

Advice from DSAS schools

Tullialan Nursery School, Fife

Amanda Sloper (Depute Headteacher) shares how the framework helped transform the culture and how digital is now embedded across the early level curriculum.

Fintry Primary, Dundee

Jayne Mays (class teacher and digital leader) shares her insights and top tips into how the DSAS framework supported practitioners embed digital learning across the primary curriculum. 

Braes High, Falkirk

Ian Vosser (digital leader) explains the approaches taken to, and impact of, embedding digital literacy across the high school.