Certificates are a simple way to make recognition feel official. They work especially well when they are specific, well designed and connected to the values of the school.
Consider awards for progress, kindness, resilience, reading, attendance, leadership, creativity, teamwork and subject-specific achievement.
Personalisation makes a difference. Adding pupil names, class names, house colours, school logos and award wording helps the certificate feel worth keeping.
For end-of-year events, it can help to create a consistent certificate set so every award feels part of the same celebration.
