School in Shropshire shortlisted for national award
A school has been shortlisted for an award.
Adcote School for Girls has been nominated for a national award for academic excellence and innovation.
The school was chosen as a finalist in the Independent Schools Association annual awards in recognition of its introduction of a Chartered Management Institute qualification to its sixth form curriculum.
The Institute Level 3 award in First Line Management is an industry-leading qualification, often offered by universities to their students to increase their employability.
Adcote is the first school in Shropshire to offer the course to its sixth form students and the only all-girls school in the UK to be working with the institute in this way.
Headmistress Diane Browne said the course was introduced to the curriculum for all year 12 students to help prepare them for higher education and the workplace.
She said: “The course enables our students to develop their leadership and communication skills and get a practical insight into the world of employment.
“We are absolutely thrilled, and very excited, to be shortlisted for this prestigious national award.
“Whatever the final outcome, I am hugely proud of the members of my team who brought us to this nomination. We are blessed with an impressively talented and dedicated body of staff here at Adcote and I am delighted that this has been recognised in this manner."
The winners of all categories in the annual ISA Awards will be announced at an awards ceremony on November 8.
