Music Quality Mark

Music Mark Schools are committed to providing high-quality music education for their school community. 

Quality Mark in English and Mathematics

We were delighted to be awarded this quality mark in May 2022. The Quality Mark recognises improving standards in the provision, practice and performance of English and mathematics; supporting our Ofsted preparations; and providing evidence of the high-quality education provided by our school. 

Inclusion Quality Mark - Gold

Achieving the ICM award enabled our school to celebrate the success of our inclusive practice, identify our key strengths and provided recommendations for developing practice further.

The ICM is validated by staff who have all been SENCOs previously and who have extensive school leadership experience and a detailed understanding of effective SEN provision.

The validation process will helped us to:
Confirm our compliance with statutory responsibilities, including the Equality Act and SEN Regulations.
Support our preparations for an Ofsted inspection.
Support our implementation of the new DFE Code of Practice for SEN.
Evidence our effectiveness of leadership, management and governance.
Evidence our quality of your engagement with SEN children and their parents.
Demonstrate the effectiveness of our early intervention and partnership working.
Enable our governors to develop an even greater understanding of the provision and outcomes for vulnerable learners.
Evidence the impact of our CPD programme and SEN funding including the use of Pupil Premium.

Attendance Quality Mark Gold

Absence from school can be one of the most complex areas to address, as it is often the symptom of other issues.

The Liverpool Attendance Quality Mark has been designed to support schools in evaluating their strategies to improve attendance and reduce persistent absence. As a school we were delighted to be awarded this at Gold level.

RE Silver Quality Mark

The REQM recognises high quality RE, particularly those schools which are providing their learners with authentic experiences and contributing to whole school outcomes. 

RE makes a powerful contribution to young people’s learning. It provides them with the chance to explore the big ideas of religion and belief and to think about what matters in their own lives.

Good RE supports the development of the whole child. It also has a significant contribution to make to whole school improvement. With the renewed focus from Ofsted on the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development for all pupils, it is more important than ever that RE is recognised and celebrated.

The RE Quality Mark has two purposes: it recognises good practice in RE and also provides a powerful tool for development. Schools which have applied for the award have found that it affirms the work they are already doing, raises the profile of the subject and gives them ideas and confidence for developing their practice even further.

The REQM recognises high quality RE, particularly those schools which are providing their learners with authentic experiences and contributing to whole school outcomes. 

RE makes a powerful contribution to young people’s learning. It provides them with the chance to explore the big ideas of religion and belief and to think about what matters in their own lives.

Good RE supports the development of the whole child. It also has a significant contribution to make to whole school improvement. With the renewed focus from Ofsted on the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development for all pupils, it is more important than ever that RE is recognised and celebrated.

The RE Quality Mark has two purposes: it recognises good practice in RE and also provides a powerful tool for development. Schools which have applied for the award have found that it affirms the work they are already doing, raises the profile of the subject and gives them ideas and confidence for developing their practice even further.

The REQM recognises high quality RE, particularly those schools which are providing their learners with authentic experiences and contributing to whole school outcomes. 

RE makes a powerful contribution to young people’s learning. It provides them with the chance to explore the big ideas of religion and belief and to think about what matters in their own lives.

Good RE supports the development of the whole child. It also has a significant contribution to make to whole school improvement. With the renewed focus from Ofsted on the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development for all pupils, it is more important than ever that RE is recognised and celebrated.

The RE Quality Mark has two purposes: it recognises good practice in RE and also provides a powerful tool for development. Schools which have applied for the award have found that it affirms the work they are already doing, raises the profile of the subject and gives them ideas and confidence for developing their practice even further.

Primary Science Quality Mark

The Primary Science Quality Mark is a highly successful, unique award programme to develop and celebrate the profile of science teaching, learning and leadership in primary schools. We were delighted to be awared the Silver Award.

Early Years Basic Skills Quality Mark

This award celebrates the work of everyone involved with the EYFS setting in making progress in improving the quality of its provision for the young children in its care and the standards they achieve. It represents an external validation and acknowledgement of good provision, practice, progress and performance and is an award recognised by Ofsted.

Liverpool Counts Quality Mark

This award aims to raise standards in mathematics by changing attitudes and perceptions through the promotion of the importance of numeracy as a life skill through business links and cultural opportunities.

Gold School Games Award

This award is a government-led awards scheme which recognises schools for their commitment to the development of physical education and sporting competition. The award of the Gold Mark is the highest award available and an indication of our commitment to school PE and sport. 

Good Diabetes Care in School Award

The Diabetes UK, Good Diabetes Care in School Award is a proud badge of recognition that sends out a message of competence and confidence in the school's management of medical conditions such as diabetes.

Liverpool Reading Quality Mark

We were awarded the Gold Standard  -  the highest standard for this award! The Reading Quality Mark (RQM) has been developed with a focus to promote reading for enjoyment amongst children.

Our school was awarded an "Outstanding" assessement in all areas at the end of our last Ofsted inspection. This reflects the quality of Leadership and Management, Achievements and Standards, Personal Development and Well Being, The Quality of Provision and Overall Effectiveness. Emmaus also received an interim check in 2011 which maintained our Outstanding rating.

The Dyslexia Friendly Award is awarded to schools who can demonstrate that they are ‘dyslexia friendly’ in four areas; 1) Leadership and Management, 2) Teaching and Learning 3) The Classroom Environment, 4) Partnership and liaison with parents, carers, governors and concerned parties.

The Basic Skills Quality Mark is awarded for recognising high standards in teaching literacy and numeracy. Attainment of this award is normally based on a close partnership between the Agency, Local Authority and schools. This was awarded to us again in June 2022.

Emmaus has supported the Liverpool Languages Iniiative since its inception and were the first school to be  awarded the Centre of Excellence for French in Liverpool. All the children receive two half hour lessons a week. One is with a native speaker and one with their own class teacher.  The children are given the opportunity to visit France in Years 5 and 6:  Year 5 stay in the Chateau du Broutel in the Somme Department  on an outdoor education visit which also incorporates a visit to World War One battlefields and cemetaries. Whilst Year 6 visit Alpe D'Huez and complete a 6 day ski course. As well as this we try to create as immersive an environment as possible with French spoken, read or heard: on labels on objects around school, in prayers, on the dinner menu, doing the register, greeting people, in class instruction and on the newsletters. Our aim is for our children to have fun, become more confident in using a foreign language and ultimately to study a foreign language in secondary school.

In 2023 Emmaus was awarded the Gold Quality Mark in French  for the second time -  the highest award given by the Local Authority. Only 2 schools in Liverpool have been awarded this.

Emmaus were awarded the Intermediate level of the British Council International School Award. To gain this award, the children in the International Schools Committee carried out a number of projects which included curriculum links with our partner school in Uganda various Fairtrade activities where the children have learnt about other cultures across the world, raising and donating money to the Fairtrade Foundation Organisation. A future aim fo rEmmaus is to gain the highest level for the International School Award.

Eco Schools is an international award programme that guides schools on their sustainable journey, providing a framework to help embed these principles into the heart of school life. The Eco Schools programme promotes learning about sustainable development issues and putting sustainable practices into every day school life through the delivery of nine key environmental topics: 1) Energy 2) Water 3) Waste Minimisation 4) Global Perspective 5) Litter 6) Biodiversity 7) Healthy Living Transport 9) School Grounds. The Eco Schools Award has three levels; Bronze, Silver and Green Flag.

Emmaus has gained the Financial Management Standard in Schools Award. This award has now been replaced with the Schools Financial Value Award.

The National Healthy Schools Programme is a long-term initiative which is making a significant difference to the health and achievement of children and young people; it is about educating children to develop healthy behaviours for life. All schools achieving National Healthy School Status must have met national criteria using a whole school approach across four themes: 1) Personal, Social & Health Education, 2) Healthy Eating, 3) Physical Activity, 4) Emotional Health & Wellbeing.

Emmaus has been awarded the GOLD Artsmark.  It is awarded to Primary and Secondary schools who show outstanding contribution to the arts. We are keen to celebrate the children’s work in all areas of the arts – dance, drama, art and music.