Comenius School Partnerships

National Award Criteria 2010

• Partnerships which address the theme of entrepreneurship/skills development and/or which develop pupils' employment skills
• Partnerships which address the theme of sport, including the use of sport to address issues such as leadership, active citizenship, healthy lifestyles, and community participation/ cohesion
• Partnerships focussed on pupils at secondary level, including in vocational and/or further education
• Partnerships which demonstrate concrete plans to actively involve students in the partnership, eg in its design, implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation
• Partnerships which demonstrate concrete plans to ensure participation by students who reflect the school's profile and that of its community

Up to 3 extra points will be awarded for each of the five national award criteria. This means that UK schools fully addressing all five criteria will score a maximum of 15 extra points in the quality assessment. For more information on the scoring system for Comenius School Partnerships please refer to the Application Forms and Guidance page

National Eligibility Criteria 2010

• More than one UK school may participate in the same partnership (including schools in UK Overseas Territories)
• If the application is drafted in another language than English, the applicant must submit both the original application and a translation into English

Comenius Regio Partnerships

National Eligibility Criteria 2010

• No more than two new applications will be accepted from any one local authority; both applications must clearly address separate themes and must be independent of each other. Any local authority submitting more than two applications will be asked to chose which it choses to proceed before any of the applications are assessed.
• Local authorities with an existing Regio partnership can submit new applications in 2010; the new applications must, however, clearly address different themes from any existing partnership and must be wholly separate from it
• The proposed coordinator of the project must be employed by the applying local authority. Project coordination cannot be delegated or sub-contracted to another partner within the project or to an independent entity or individual

Comenius Assistants (Host Schools)

National Award Criteria 2010

• Schools who have not hosted a Comenius Assistant in the 2008/9 or 2009/10 academic years
• Schools who have started a Comenius School Partnership in 2009, or who are applying to do so in 2010

7.5 extra points will be awarded for each of the two national award criteria relating to Comenius Assistants (Host Schools). This means that UK schools addressing both criteria will score 15 extra points in the quality assessment. For more information on the scoring system for Comenius assistants (Host Schools) please refer to the Application Forms and Guidance page

National Eligibility Criteria 2010

• Schools cannot apply to host a Comenius Assistant from the same country for more than two consecutive years
• Secondary schools cannot apply to host a Comenius Assistant to support a language that is already taught as part of the school's curriculum

Comenius Assistants

National Eligibility Criteria 2010

• Comenius Assistant applicants must have studied at a higher education establishment for at least two years towards a qualification which can lead to initial teacher training and/or registration as a primary or secondary teacher

Comenius In-Service Training

National Award Criteria 2010

• Applications relating to job-shadowing
• Applications from institutions and individuals actively involved in other Comenius actions (including eTwinning)

Each of these priorities will attract up to 7.5 points each, up to a maximum of 15. For more information on the scoring system for Comenius In-Service Training please refer to the Application Forms and Guidance page

National Eligibility Criteria 2010

• No more than two applications will be accepted for the same course/ conference/ job-shadowing activity from any one institution. Any institution submitting more than two applications will be asked to choose which two it wishes to proceed before any of the applications are assessed

Comenius Preparatory Visits

National Eligibility Criteria 2010

• Schools who received a Preparatory Visit grant in 2008 or 2009 and who did not go on to submit an application, cannot apply for a new Preparatory Visit grant in 2010
• No more than one person in any one institution can be awarded a Preparatory Visit grant in relation to any one proposed partnership