Balmalloch Primary School achieved the STEM Nation Award from Education Scotland in April 2024.

Education Scotland developed the award to celebrate and build on effective practice in these subject areas; it has five key elements which Balmalloch achieved:

• Leadership in STEM – celebrating effective leadership at all levels, including children and young people leading STEM learning.
• STEM family and community learning – recognising commitment to family learning and practice helps build the STEM capital of learners and their families.
• Employability and STEM partnership working – celebrating sustained collaboration between settings and their STEM partner(s) to develop learners’ STEM and employability skills.
• STEM curriculum and learner pathways – recognising the work of settings in developing an inspiring STEM curriculum and associated learner pathways.
• Equity and equality in STEM – celebrating the work settings are undertaking to address the issues of equity and equality in STEM.

This achievement was featured on North Lanarkshire Council website – https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/news/balmalloch-primary-school-gains-stem-nation-award

As a school, we submitted evidence in relation to each area above – BALMALLOCH PRIMARY SCHOOL STEM NATION AWARD

Our validation comments can be read here – W NORTHLANARKSHIRE Balmalloch Primary School 5 Element Record 8358427

To ensure we continue to meet the needs of our learners through STEM, an Action Plan has been created in line with the STEM Nation Award – SNAP ACTION PLAN BALMALLOCH PRIMARY MARCH 2024