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Since 2018
Investors in People is a management framework for high performance through people. The prestigious accreditation is recognised across the world as a mark of excellence. Oxford Grove is the only school in the UK to hold Platinum status. The school has been judged to be in the top 1% of organisations in the UK.
Renewed in April 2026
Leader: Miss Harvey
Since 2020
Oxford Grove is one of only 135 schools to hold the top level Flagship status. The Inclusion Quality Mark identifies successful inclusive practice in schools, and focuses on how a range of elements contribute towards the achievement of all pupils. Oxford Grove has held the Inclusion Quality Mark since 2017, and held Flagship status since 2020.
Renewed in March 2026
Leader: Mrs Thompson
Since 2016
The Leading Parent Partnership Award focuses on the impact of parents on children’s learning. It recognises schools that have a commitment to parents as partners in education, and rewards work in induction, transition, communication, lifelong learning and enrichment activities.
Renewed in July 2025
Leader: Mrs Thompson
Since 2014
Oxford Grove holds the top level Gold status for Artsmark. Artsmark is Arts Council England’s flagship programme to enable schools and other organisations to evaluate, strengthen and celebrate their arts and cultural provision.
Renewed in October 2023
Leader: Miss Bimson
Since 2023
SMSC ‘at the heart’ of school development. SMSC stands for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. The SMSC Quality Mark recognises schools who work to ensure that children and young people are able to make a positive difference to the society in which they live – locally, nationally and globally. We do this by helping them develop knowledge, skills and confidence. This is essential for strengthening and safeguarding our society and democratic way of life. We are extremely proud to have been awarded the National SMSC Gold Quality Mark Award, which is the highest possible accreditation.
Achieved in July 2023
Leader: Mrs Claire
Since 2017
The School Games Mark is a Government led award that focuses on recognising schools who show commitment to physical competitions across the school and the wider community. At Oxford Grove, children from a range of year groups have the opportunity to attend competitions, both those within school and with other schools across our cluster, covering a wide range of sports.
Renewed in July 2025
Leader: Miss Ridgway
Since 2020
The History Quality Mark Gold is awarded to schools that demonstrate a relentless passion to ensure effective learning and achievement through inspiring teaching that engages all pupils consistently across the school. The Gold status recognises how our personalised History curriculum reflects the diversity of our school whilst carefully meeting the needs of all our children. To enrich the pupil’s experiences, History at Oxford Grove does not stop in the classroom as a systemic and coherent range of historical experiences is available to all pupils across the different years of the school.
Renewed in September 2023
Leader: Miss Jarvis
Since 2016
The Liverpool Reading Quality Mark is an award created in partnership with the National Literacy Trust, aimed at promoting reading for enjoyment.
Renewed in May 2025
Leader: Mrs Taylor-Johnson
Since 2018
The award has a focus on impact and outcomes for pupils so that schools can demonstrate specific and wider impacts of wellbeing policies and interventions.
The award demonstrates commitment to promoting wellbeing as part of school life and helps to improve pupils’ attainment and behaviour, alongside supporting children to develop good mental health and resilience.
Renewed in September 2024
Leader: Mrs Bain
Since 2014
The Investors in Pupils programme offers schools a framework for involving pupils in decision making, and developing responsibility and leadership in relation to their learning, behaviour, attendance, school management, classroom management and induction. It is powerful in developing a positive ethos where pupils learn about how the school is run, and, in turn, understand how they themselves can contribute to the running of the school.
Renewed in December 2024
Leader: Mrs Johnston-Sweeney
Since 2017
In the early years at Oxford Grove we are proud of our outdoor learning environment. The team have worked together to provide stimulating and exciting opportunities that promote independent and collaborative learning for all our children. This has been recognised by our school securing the Step Outside award to celebrate excellence in our outdoor learning provision.
Renewed in December 2024
Leader: Mrs Jankowska and Miss Patel
Since 2022
The Step into Quality Early Years award involves a whole team reflection on provision and practice, across eight steps, which has a positive impact on the setting and support staff development in the Early Years Foundation Stage. These steps include indoor and outdoor learning environments, routines, interactions, partnership with parents, learning and development and transitions.
Achieved in May 2022
Leader: Mrs Claire
Since 2021
The ‘National Online Safety’ Certified School accreditation supports schools to implement an effective, whole school community approach to online safety, encompassing high-quality CPD for all staff, parents and governors to meet the statutory online safety duties in the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance and align to ‘Education for a Connected World’.
Renewed in October 2025
Leader: Mrs Thompson
Since 2015
The Online Safety Mark is awarded to schools who demonstrate commitment and good practice in their policies and procedures towards keeping children safe online. This spans from simple security, privacy and online ‘stranger danger’ to cyberbullying, online copyright and digital footprint and reputation.
Renewed in March 2026
Leader: Mrs Thompson
Since 2022
The Computing Quality Mark is awarded to schools who are able to show good practice in the Computing Quality Framework from the National Centre for Computing Education, along the British Computing Society. This award acknowledges and celebrates the high quality of our Computing provision across the whole school.
Renewed in September 2023
Leader: Mrs Thompson
Since 2017
The Naace Mark is the award for schools which are committed to excellence in using technology to support teaching and learning, and to improve overall effectiveness and efficiency across the school. This award provides external validation of our school’s technology strategy across the curriculum.
Renewed in December 2024
Leader: Mrs Thompson
Since 2021
The Third Millennium Learning Award enables schools to demonstrate how they are providing an education fit for the 21st century. It celebrates schools’ achievements in creating an environment and curriculum that stimulate learning experiences, making use of the opportunities presented by technology.
Achieved in July 2021
Leader: Mrs Thompson
Since 2021
The Primary Geography Quality Mark is a prestigious award which recognises and promotes quality and progress in geography leadership, curriculum development and teaching and learning in schools, and recognises the high standard of geographical teaching and learning across our school. The Primary Geography Quality Mark raises the profile of geography across the whole school community, with parents./carers, teachers, governors and children, and provides impactful and rigorous professional development alongside external validation of the quality of curriculum.
Renewed in September 2024
Leader: Miss King
Since 2019
Oxford Grove is a member of Music Mark, which places the strongest possible focus on the impacts and outcomes of music education for children and young people, musically, personally, socially and educationally. Oxford Grove dedicates a full lesson every week to music skills, with a range of specialist teachers, opportunities to learn music instruments and a wide range of extra-curricular music provision.
Renewed in September 2024
Leader: Miss Cowell
Since 2021
Primary Science Quality Mark (PQSM) is a year long CPD programme that helps schools to achieve a quality mark. It focuses on developing effective, confident science leadership for whole school impact on science teaching and learning. The Primary Science Quality Mark enables science subject leaders to develop and articulate a clear intent and aspirational vision for science. The process of achieving a PQSM raises the profile and quality of science across the whole school. PQSM also ensures strong and positive impact; children make good progress, building and consolidating their knowledge and skills, developing positive attitudes about science and its value to their lives and globally.
Rrenewed in October 2025
Leader: Mrs Bain
Since 2023
Arts Award Explore encourages children and young people to experience different art forms and artists, and develop their own creativity. Along the way they record what they’ve achieved and enjoyed and share it with others. As they work through Arts Award Explore, young people build their artistic knowledge, creativity and confidence – and gain a recognised qualification in the process. They research a range of genres, creators and arts organisations, and make full use of their imagination and communication skills.
Achieved in May 2023
Leader: Miss Bimson
Since 2024
The UK Committee for UNICEF works with schools across the UK that are safe and inspiring places to learn, where children are respected, their talents are nurtured and they are able to thrive. Rights Respecting Schools embed these values in daily school life and give children the best chance to lead happy, healthy lives and to be responsible, active citizens.
Achieved in September 2024
Leader: Miss Cowell
Since 2018
Oxford Grove has held the Stonewall award since 2018
Stonewall has spent more than 30 years working towards a world where all children and young people have access to an LGBTQ-inclusive education. Their sector-leading Awards programme, developed by their expert Education & Youth team, allows schools to benchmark their LGBTQ+ inclusion against the latest best practice.
Renewed in July 2024
Leader: Mrs Bain
Since 2023
The Design and Technology Mark is a quality mark awarded to primary schools who are providing excellent teaching and learning in Design and Technology. It provides an opportunity for schools to undertake a rigorous evaluation process and strengthen their practices within Design and Technology. Schools who achieve the award have clearly demonstrated the quality of their provision, ensuring that they are providing the best possible experiences for the children to give them the skills and knowledge needed to excel now and in later life.
Achieved in October 2023
Leader: Miss Jarvis
Since 2025
Educating for Equality recognises exemplary practice in equality education. Anti-racism and gender equality are deeply and widely embedded across all aspects of school life and this award symbolises Oxford Grove’s ongoing commitment to eliminating injustices and creating an equitable society that all our children are a part of.
