The Emanuel Award

Travelling to Emanuel

It is our firmly held belief that a broad and varied education is vital to creating happy, aspirational pupils who are equipped to be the leaders of the future. All pupils in the sixth form are automatically enrolled on the Emanuel Award programme, which aims not only to celebrate pupils’ engagement with their core academic studies, but also emphasises the importance to us of each pupil’s commitment to activities beyond the classroom and school community.

Through the Emanuel Award, we can monitor and incentivise each pupil to contribute proactively to four key areas of school life:

Academic – which involves not only their A level study but also the Extended Project Qualification, academic enrichment activities such as the Goddard Lecture programme, as well as a huge range of super-curricular clubs, societies and competitions;

Co-curricular – which involves sport, art, music and drama, as well as numerous additional societies from film to debating;

Community – which refers to our award-winning partnerships programme, charitable fund-raising, pupil voice groups, and leadership roles such as school prefect;

Futures – which includes all training and activities relating to higher education and careers as well as our extensive ‘Life Education’ programme.

Encompassing all of these strands is an emphasis on well-being, with initiatives aimed at pupils’ developing awareness of the importance of their mental and physical health and the steps they can take to promote their own and others’ happiness. A graduation ceremony at the end of the Upper Sixth allows us to celebrate pupils’ completion of the Emanuel Award and to acknowledge those who have contributed most significantly to leadership in each area of school life.