Gold
forms and guides
Here are the documents you will need to work towards both Gold: Rights Respecting and Gold Reaccreditation.
Please read our step-by-step guidance for more information on what you need to do to achieve your Gold: Rights Respecting accreditation.
If you have any queries, or would like further advice and support, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the RRSA Team at [email protected] or your Professional Adviser.
For a school to achieve the Gold: Rights Respecting accreditation or Gold Reaccreditation, it must have evidence that aligns with the 9 outcomes for Gold. A school uses these outcomes and other guidance provided to plan and monitor progress.
Download Strand and Outcomes of the Award
Use the Action Plan for Gold document to record previous recommendations, identify key actions and prioritise as you move onto your next stage. The Action Plan for Gold is a working document, so use it to review your progress and edit it as you go.
Download Action Plan for Gold
This checklist gives a succinct overview of the stages a school will complete on the way to achieving RRSA Gold and Reaccrediting at Gold.
Download Gold Checklist
Fill in this form and email it to your Professional Adviser when you are ready to apply for your Gold Award or Reaccreditation at Gold.
Download Gold Accreditation Booking Form
The accreditation visit programme template provides a suggested programme for the accreditation visit by the UNICEF UK assessor(s) for both Gold and Gold Reaccreditation visits.
The School Evaluation: Gold form is used to evidence a school’s progress towards meeting the outcomes for the Gold: Rights Respecting accreditation. Schools complete the form in preparation for Gold Accreditation and Gold Reaccreditation.
Download School Evaluation: Gold
The purpose of the evidence pack is to give us a feel for your school and for you to share the best examples of your rights-related work against each of the Outcomes.
- Please be selective – you do not need to send us everything as most of the accreditation process and subsequent report is based on what you, your colleagues and your pupils tell us during the visit.
- Provide the evidence in a single PPT (or similar presentation tool) with sections for Strand A, B, C.
- Have a contents page slide for each strand. In your PPT (or similar presentation) please aim to include a maximum of 2 or 3 pieces of rights based evidence for each outcome (there are 9 outcomes of the award) with a maximum of 30 slides in total.
- Do involve the pupils in your steering group to help create the evidence presentation if you can.
- Feel free to include hyperlinks to useful information on your website to show how you link rights to school policies, curriculum and environment.
- The evidence should be linked to what you write in your evaluation form so we can cross reference.
- Please ensure we can see the detail on photographs of displays/children’s work and ensure you are following your child protection policies when sharing photographs and videos.
- Quotes from parents and your school community can be used as evidence.
- Short video clips or voice overs are welcome, particularly if your children may not be confident or able to speak directly with an assessor.
- We need to receive your evidence at least 2 weeks before the accreditation visit, earlier if possible. If your evidence is not received by the deadline then we cannot guarantee your visit will go ahead.
We will delete all materials sent after the accreditation report is completed.
Download the evidence pack template here
Download the RRSA school questionnaire guidance
Download the supplementary guidance and access to Accessible questionnaires
Online questionnaires
You can set up all versions of the questionnaire online using the links below.
• Set up the Primary pupil, Secondary pupil and Staff questionnaires online
• Set up the Accessible pupil questionnaire and Adult Observation versions online
Hard copies: If you would prefer to use hard copy Word versions, you can find them in the guidance documents above.
HOW TO SHARE YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE DATA WITH US
At Gold/Reaccreditation:
Six weeks prior to your accreditation visit you will receive a link to our SRM Portal where you will input your questionnaire data and impact evaluation.
Please upload your data promptly and accurately as it is used to help us analyse pupils’ experiences and outcomes across Rights Respecting Schools. It does not form part of your accreditation outcome but may be referenced during a visit.
Findings templates:
WHY THE QUESTIONNAIRES ARE IMPORTANT
The questionnaires have two purposes:
1. They give schools a consistent way to review RRSA progress with pupils and staff at key points.
2. They provide data for our wider evaluation of the programme.
We use this data to evaluate the impact of RRSA and understand the difference it makes for children across schools. You can read more about this in our RRSA impact reports. You may also find it useful to read RRSA Theory of Change, which explains our vision for change for children and schools.
We share evaluation findings with stakeholders interested in RRSA, including schools, local authorities and current or potential funding partners.