Submission Guidelines

You need to submit evidence of your Holocaust Education practice to become a Vision School. Each entry should be accompanied by an (electronic) attachment which is clearly labelled and or numbered so that the Vision Schools reviewers can confirm that the relevant criteria has been met. Attachments must be Word, pdf, or jpeg documents. These can include scans of extracts of school development plans, teaching plans showing IDL and time spent on Holocaust education, student work, evaluation of school practice, and other documents.

The Vision Schools Team recommend that applicants utilise the summary section within the application form to provide their evidence for each of the criteria. This provides context to, and strengthens your submission.

Timeline for Applications

May early June: applications are submitted
End of June: schools receive notification regarding accreditation schools
November: successful schools awarded Vision Schools accreditation

VISION SCHOOLS APPLICATION FORMS

Download Level 1 application form (MS Word or pdf formats)

Download Level 2 application form (MS Word or pdf formats)

How to Submit:

There are three ways to submit:

Send your complete application, with attachments and an accompanying letter on a USB to Jane Caffrey, Vision Schools Scotland, University of the West of Scotland, Lanarkshire Campus, Stephenson Place, Hamilton International Technology Park, South Lanarkshire, G72 0LH.
Electronically by email to VisionSchools@uws.ac.uk (FAO Jane Caffrey). First email entitled Application Form. Second email entitled Criteria 1 (with attachments). Third email entitled Criteria 2 (with attachments) and so on until attachments for all criteria are sent
Electronically using Dropbox. This should be arranged as in 2 (above)

Application Checklist

Ensure that you have done the following:

Completed the application form.
Included a brief explanation of your evidence in each of the five criteria boxes at the end of the application form
Labelled each attachment according to the criteria
Clearly referenced each attachment in the relevant ‘evidence’ box in the application form.
Application forms should be returned to VisionSchools@uws.ac.uk FAO Ms Jane Caffrey between 12th April – 14th Mary 2021

What to expect after applying

Schools will be notified before the end of June of the Team’s decision. The Vision Schools Team will email this information to the Head Teacher. A member of the Team will visit successful schools to discuss their application and accreditation; and provide constructive written feedback to schools whose application the Team considers to be incomplete or weak. Schools can only apply for Vision Schools accreditation once in one year.