The Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme is the flagship program of the Jack Petchey Foundation, established in 1999 by Sir Jack Petchey CBE to recognize and motivate outstanding young people aged 11-25 across London and Essex.
At Bacon’s, we have joined the ‘Silver Level' Award Scheme. This means we will be awarding two students each term that we would like to celebrate and acknowledge for an Achievement Award. Each award winner will receive a certificate, pin badge, an invitation to the VIP Award Ceremony, and a £300 grant to reward or benefit our school community. Each award winner will choose how this grant is spent!
Jack Petchey Achievement Award winners are young people who have gone above and beyond to achieve – perhaps when others thought they might fail.
Awards mean different things to different people. The Achievement Awards are not solely for academic achievement – they may be used to recognise a personal triumph for someone who has faced a challenge, a young person who has pushed themselves outside of their comfort zone or it may be an opportunity to recognise the outstanding efforts of a team player.
A young person is nominated by their peers in their school or youth organisation. An important part of the scheme is the involvement of young people in selecting the award winners for their hard work and efforts. We want young people to recognise and celebrate the success of their peers.