SEND Team/ School of the Year 2025

The Northamptonshire Education Awards recognise the outstanding achievements of schools and teachers providing children with the support and learning environment they need to thrive.

Disability Confident

Wren Spinney School is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. The scheme encourages employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people.

Unicef Rights Respecting Schools

UNICEF UK works with schools across the United Kingdom to transform education through children’s rights, giving young people the best possible chance to grow up empowered, inspired and ready to make a difference in the world.

The Rights Respecting Schools Award places children’s rights at the heart of school policy and practice, enabling leaders and teachers to strengthen pupil’s sense of belonging and voice, and to create an environment for great learning.

Healthy Schools, Gold Award

The healthy schools rating scheme is designed to recognise and encourage schools’ contributions to pupils’ health and wellbeing.

It celebrates the positive actions that schools are delivering in terms of healthy eating and physical activity, and aims to help schools identify useful next steps in their provision.  

SMSC Gold Mark

Recognising Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development is the over-arching umbrella that encompasses personal development across the whole curriculum.

Strong evidence shows that promoting SMSC in schools can contribute to raising academic standards and improving children's life chances.

Wellbeing Award for Schools

The Wellbeing Award for Schools recognises the outstanding work being done to promote mental health and wellbeing within school communities across England.

Investors in People

Investors in People's purpose is to make work better. The ‘We invest in people’ framework was developed in 1991, supporting organisations worldwide to lead, support and improve their people for better business results and a more engaged workforce.