STEM Club Quality Mark
What is the STEM Club Quality Mark?
The STEM Club Quality Mark is recognition of the exceptional provision you the club leader, your department and your school offers to young people by enriching the STEM curriculum. The SCQM provides a framework for success assisting schools to identify and recognise the high calibre of extra-curricular provision provided by the school.
STEM Clubs are a gateway to building enthusiasm for STEM subjects, increasing attainment and greater awareness of real-world context. Supportive of the Gatsby Careers Benchmarks 4 and 5, STEM clubs enable club leaders to encourage young people to develop their STEM career aspirations and careers capital.
Supported by the Gatsby Foundation the STEM Clubs Quality Mark creates a solid foundation for the enhancement of STEM subject knowledge and practical application in a non-curricular setting. The SCQM endorses the embedding of careers awareness, enhanced STEM subject learning and promotes best practice and transferable skills amongst club leaders and young people.
Schools that engage with the STEM Clubs Quality Mark, demonstrate their ability to deliver a high standard of extracurricular opportunities for young people.
GOLD School
What makes us a GOLD school?
It was recognised that our STEM Club:
- meets regularly to ensure that young people have a regular opportunity to engage with extra-curricular STEM activities.
- offers young people sufficient time to fully engage with activities.
- is highly visible both within the school and the local community to maximise engagement by pupils.
- is run or overseen by a dedicated individual with support from colleagues or older students.
- has the support of senior leadership within the school.
- ensures that a diverse group of young people commit to regularly attending Club sessions.
- undertakes engaging activities that enhance STEM knowledge, practical skills and thinking and career knowledge in young people through a variety of avenues
- engages with the wider STEM sector, both on a local and national level. This is reflected in both their practical activities and their interactions with local industry and (where relevant) academia.
What the assessor said about our school?
After assessing your final evidence-based submission, I am very pleased to confirm that you have been successful in your application and achieved an almost perfect score – well done!
Your STEM club enjoys engaging their club members with a variety of activities that build skills sets, knowledge, and enjoyment of STEM with the students.
You have deserved this achievement and to recognise the successful and thriving status of your club.