Charles de Gaulle Trust
Grant application form
Guidance to applicants
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Before completing this form, please read the Charles de Gaulle Trust Application Guidance
Notes very carefully as well as the top tips below.
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Completed applications must be signed by heads / Principals of both partner schools or
colleges, and sent by email to CharlesdeGaulle.trust@britishcouncil.org
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For further information about school or college linking and partnership work including project and
activity ideas, case studies of successful projects, as well as upcoming application dates please
refer to the dedicated Charles de Gaulle page on Schools Online where you will find all the
related documents in English and in French.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your partnership ideas, please contact a Charles de
Gaulle ambassador at CharlesdeGaulle.trust@britishcouncil.org. French schools and colleges can seek
assistance from their délégué académique aux relations internationales (DAREIC)
http://eduscol.education.fr/cid45734/adresses-des-dareic.html
Overview – résumé of key information for the bi-national selection panel
UK School / College:
Local authority/county:
French School / College:
Académie:
Information about the visits
UK School / College
French School / College
Dates of visits:
Number of young people
Age Range
Number of educators
Summary of the project (key objectives, project theme and outcomes) in 3-4 sentences:
Charles de Gaulle Trust Grant Application
May 2015-2016
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Top tips for filling in the form
Please read the tips below in addition to the detailed Application Guidance Notes which describe
Charles de Gaulle objectives and selection criteria.
Key consideration – Why work with a French/UK school or college? What makes your project relevant
specifically in an Anglo-French context? The bi-lateral nature of the Charles de Gaulle programme should
be reflected in your project and chosen theme(s).
Activities and visit plans must:
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be joint and bilateral (UK-France) as non-collaborative activities and visits cannot be funded
have the support of the heads / Principals of both schools and colleges and be relevant to the
school or college plan
be linked to the relevant course curriculum or qualification specifications in both countries and
actively involve young people in meaningful thematic dialogue or activity, which
o includes an element of interactive discussion, debate, joint reflection
o has a clear UK-France dimension and added value
show true interaction between the young people of the UK and France
have a strong wider impact on supporting improved teaching practice in both schools or colleges
contribute to the overall learning of students directly as well as indirectly involved in the project
demonstrate a commitment to future contact and collaboration between partner schools or colleges
support student employability skills and engagement with employers.
Applications must be filled in as a joint endeavour by both schools or colleges. One form only is required
for submission (in English or in French). Ideally one project lead will submit the application on behalf of the
partnership but it is essential that both head teachers / Principals from UK and French schools and
colleges sign the application form giving full support to the collaborative project between the partner
schools and colleges. French schools and colleges must inform their DAREIC of their application.
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Part 1: Partnership details and partnership context
UK School / College
UK school / College
Name of UK school or college,
etc:
Local Authority:
Address:
Type of school / college:
Government ref number:
Partnership co-ordinator:
Position in organisation:
Telephone:
e-mail:
Bursar name:
Telephone:
e-mail:
Head teacher / Principal
name:
e-mail:
Current International School Award status (for
Schools):
List any funding you have received in the last three years to support international work:
Year
Programme e.g. Connecting Classrooms,
Comenius, Erasmus +, Global School
Partnerships, International Skills
Partnerships
Partner school(s) /
college(s)
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French School / College
French School / College
Name of French school or college,
etc:
Académie:
Address:
Type of school / college:
Partnership co-ordinator:
Position in organisation:
Telephone:
Bursar name:
e-mail:
Telephone:
Head teacher
name:
e-mail:
List any funding you have received in the last three years to support international work:
Year
Programme e.g. Connecting Classrooms,
Comenius, Erasmus+, Global School
Partnerships, International Skills
Partnerships
Partner school(s) /
college(s)
Partnership context
Describe when and how your partnership started as well as the nature of the schools /
colleges in your partnership, e.g. rural/urban, local context, number of students, etc.
(Approx. 300-400 words).
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Part 2: Objectives of your partnership project
Your partnership project and application for funding will be assessed against 3 main objectives:
1. How your project supports or develops the relevant course curriculum in your school or
college and enhances employability (the panel will be looking for evidence of the specific way in
which your project is linked to course curriculum objectives or qualification specification, whether it
is strategically linked to the school or college plan and in what way)
2. How your project enhances student learning outcomes and improves course delivery (the
panel will be looking for a clear demonstration of how each of the different activities proposed in
the project are designed to enhance student knowledge, skills and competencies; and also to
support improved course delivery through enhancing pedagogy, updating or expanding teacher /
trainer knowledge or skills, or developing the relevance of the curriculum or course content to
employer needs and an international context.)
3. How you and your partner school or college will continue to collaborate and sustain project
results into the future (the panel will be looking to see evidence of mechanisms put in place to
support collaborative working as well as articulated measures to ensure sustainability of the
partnership after the funding year)
4. How your poject supports student employability skills as well as engagement with
employers (the panel will be looking to see evidence of specific links with employers and for a
demonstration of how the project will enhance skills and attributes valued by employers, including
intercultural communication skills. The panel will also look for indicators of how the project will
update teachers’ and students’ industry knowledge and skills)
You will find detailed information on these objectives in the Application Guidance Notes
Objective 1: Is your project supporting or developing course curriculum?
What areas of the chosen course curriculum or school / college plan does your partnership aim
to support? Please explain the strategic reasons for carrying out your collaborative project.
Tips: the panel will be looking to see evidence of the ways in which your project is strategically
relevant to both partner schools / colleges. Please specify the areas of the chosen course
curriculum your project will support, and why this is important for you both. Do you and your
partner school / college want to achieve exactly the same thing or have you agreed to help each
other to achieve different things?
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What areas of the chosen course curriculum or school / college plan does your partnership aim
to support? Please explain the strategic reasons for carrying out your collaborative project.
Tips: the panel will be looking to see evidence of the ways in which your project is strategically
relevant to both partner schools / colleges. Please specify the areas of the chosen course
curriculum your project will support, and why this is important for you both. Do you and your
partner school / college want to achieve exactly the same thing or have you agreed to help each
other to achieve different things?
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Objective 2: How will your project enhance pupil’s attainment and support
improved teaching practice?
How will students’ learning be enhanced? How will you demonstrate evidence of improvement?
What will you and teachers from your partner schools / colleges learn from each other? What
will you do together? Please specify expected results in relation to the different areas of the
curriculum involved.
Tips: the panel will be looking to see evidence of what aspects of student’s learning you and
your partner school / college have chosen to enhance and how this will be achieved through
the different activities and visit plans. You can include statistical data, reports or extracts from
your school / college plan to support the specific aims of your project
How will the project enhance student learning outcomes? :
In what ways will the project improve course delivery? :
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Objective 3: How you and your partner school / college will continue to collaborate
and sustain project results into the future
Describe what mechanisms you and your partner school / college have in place to ensure a
sustainable collaboration? What project results do you intend to continue and develop into the
future? What are your planned actions?
Tips: the panel will be looking to see evidence that partner schools / colleges have a strong
relationship. Evidence of a communication plan, strategies to overcome unexpected difficulties,
to seize opportunities and navigate constraints will be important to demonstrate that both
schools / colleges are committed to the project now and in the future.
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Objective 4: How will your project support student employability skills as well as
engagement with employers
Describe how your project will work with employers to provide opportunity for teachers and
students to gain insight into the world of work and develop up-to-date knowledge and skills that
employers need. Explain how the project as a whole will support student employability skills,
such as: communication skills, intercultural relationship building and team-working and critical
thinking; and attributes such as: independence and creativity.
Tips: the panel will be looking to see evidence that partner schools / colleges have links with
employers and understanding of how to use these to the benefit of teachers and students.
Think about demonstrating the strength of teacher involvement from across the different
subject areas or faculties to enhance the employability skills of students.
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Part 3: Activity plan
When writing your activity plan please demonstrate how each of the different activities proposed in the
project are designed to improve student learning outcomes and also support improved course delivery and
wider employability and core skills.
In a good activity plan each activity will be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound
(SMART). For advice on how to fill out your activity plan and visit plan, please refer to the Charles de
Gaulle Application Guidance Notes
Please list activities chronologically indicating pre-visit activities and post-visit activities.
NB. There is a separate section to detail your visit plan
Please detail the collaborative activities that you and your partner school / college have planned.
All activities must relate clearly to your overall project objectives and deliver relevant learning
outcomes.
UK SCHOOL / COLLEGE activity
and purpose/relevance to the
curriculum and the project
FRENCH SCHOOL / COLLEGE
activity and purpose/relevance to
the curriculum and the project
Number of
participants/dates
What will you be doing in the UK
School / college and how will you
connect with your French partner
school / college?
What will you be doing in the French
school / college and how will you
connect with your UK partner school /
college?
Young people:
Age range:
Educators:
Month:
Pre-visit activity 1
Young people:
Age range:
Educators:
Month:
Pre-visit activity 2
Young people:
Age range:
Educators:
Month:
Pre-visit activity 3
Young people:
Age range:
Educators:
Month:
Pre-visit activity 4
Young people:
Age range:
Etc
Educators:
Month:
Post-visit activity 1
Young people:
Age range:
Educators:
Month:
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Please detail the collaborative activities that you and your partner school / college have planned.
All activities must relate clearly to your overall project objectives and deliver relevant learning
outcomes.
UK SCHOOL / COLLEGE activity
and purpose/relevance to the
curriculum and the project
Post-visit activity 2
FRENCH SCHOOL / COLLEGE
activity and purpose/relevance to
the curriculum and the project
Number of
participants/dates
Young people:
Age range:
Educators:
Month:
Post-visit activity 3
Young people:
Age range:
Educators:
Month:
Post-visit activity 4
Young people:
Age range:
Etc.
Educators:
Month:
Part 4: Visit plans
Organising reciprocal visits is challenging and demanding. You will need to give sufficient time to
discussing and planning the visits with your partner school or college. In addition to content, be careful to
discuss and agree date options and accommodation options well in advance. Visits to France/the UK must
include at least eight full days spent with your partner excluding travel. Please ensure that plans are
carefully divided between time that students and teachers spend together in the partner school or college
or workplace, and time spent on collaborative activities outside school and college. All visits must relate to
your project work.
Charles de Gaulle grant funding cannot be used to visit random tourist attractions. Visits should
include engagement with an employer, and can also include visits to relevant places of interest
that are perfectly in line with your project, Visits must be planned as an extension of the learning
in school or college, and play an integral role in the project with defined learning outcomes.
The journey time to visit your partner school or college is not part of the eight days.
You will find very useful practical guidance for organising the logistics of visits in the School Exchange
starter pack
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UK school / college
Please provide an outline of the UK school’s / college’s proposed visit to France. (Add
extra lines for additional working days below if necessary.)
Dates of proposed visit to France:
Location of visit:
Number of young people participating:
Age range
(17-19
years old):
Number of educators participating:
Visit
day
Activities planned during the visit and who will
be involved from each school / college. (The
activity must be relevant to the curriculum and
the project):
Relevance to the
curriculum and the project:
Travel
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Travel
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French school / college
Please provide an outline of the French school’s / college’s proposed visit to the UK.
(Add extra lines for additional working days below if necessary.)
Dates of proposed visit to the UK:
Location of visit:
Number of young people participating:
Age range
(17-19
years old):
Number of educators participating:
Activities planned during the visit and who will
be involved. (The activities must be relevant to
the curriculum and the project):
Relevance to the
curriculum and the project:
Travel
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Travel
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Part 5: Budget
Provide estimates against each category below as to how you will spend your grant. Eligible costs are
indicated below. Please note that the maximum grant funded under Charles de Gaulle is up to max £5,000
per school or college. In some cases it is possible for partner schools and colleges to find additional
sources of funding to add to the Charles de Gaulle grant eg. if they wish to increase the number of pupils
or the length of the visit. This is at the discretion of partner schools and colleges.
Budget
Area of expenditure (up to max £5000 per
school / college)
Amount UK school / college
Amount French school /
college (€)
(£)
Pre-visit preparation
£
€
Partnership visit(s) by UK school / college
£
€
Partnership visit(s) by French school / college
£
€
Project resources (excluding hardware)
£
€
Publicity and events
£
€
Communication costs
£
€
Other
£
€
Total:
£
€
Please note any additional sources of funding
(eg. local funding, families, board of governors
etc.)
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Part 6: Measuring the success of your project
Your project should ideally be completed over an 18 months period. At the halfway point we will ask you to
submit a one page progress report. When both visits have taken place you may then apply to receive the
remaining 20% of your grant payment. You will be required to demonstrate the success of your project
against the same 3 key objectives as in the initial application before this payment will be authorised.
How do you plan to monitor the impact of your partnership activities in relation to 1) embedding
the curriculum 2) enhancing student learning outcomes and improved course delivery 3)
collaboration and sustainability the partnership as a whole 4) supporting employability skills as
well as employer engagement? Please describe how your project will collect evidence for each
of the 4 objectives:
Tips : the panel will be looking for planned measures of a) student knowledge, skills and
competencies (eg. feedback forms, stories, testimonials, written work, videos, performances)
and also a clear indication of planned measures for b) improved course delivery (shared lesson
plans and resources, reflections from job shadowing, evidence of improved use of language
assistants, evidence of meeting professional standards, or feedback from employers on the
relevance of the curriculum etc.
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Part 7: Sign-off
Your application will not be considered complete unless both head teachers
sign off on the project to endorse it.
UK school / college
By typing my name I confirm my endorsement of and support for the above partnership
activities. I agree to adhere to the necessary contractual arrangements between my
organisation and the British Council.
Name of UK’s head teacher / principal
Date
Additional statement of support from the UK head teacher / principal:
Our partnership and the reciprocal visits described in this application will contribute to teaching
and learning in my school or college in the following ways:
French school / college
You can write in French. Vous pouvez écrire en français.
By typing my name I confirm my endorsement of and support for the above partnership
activities. I agree to adhere to the necessary contractual arrangements between my
organisation and the British Council.
Name of French school’s / college’s head teacher / principal
Date
Additional statement of support from the French school’s or college’s head teacher /
principal:
Our partnership and the reciprocal visits described in this application will contribute to teaching
and learning in my school or college in the following ways:
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Part 8: Data Protection
The distribution of grant funding from the Charles de Gaulle Trust is managed by the British Council on
behalf of the trustees.
We will use the information you are providing for the purpose of assessing your grant application and
securing your participation in these programmes. We may pass this information on to our offices in other
countries and partner organisations in order to assess your application and to administer and evaluate the
project. It will continue to be handled in accordance with UK data protection law.
We may want to use your information to send you details of other activities, services and events which you
may find of interest. Please tick one of the statements below.
Yes, I would like to be sent details of relevant activities, services and events.
No, I do not want to be sent details of other activities, services and events.
Under UK data protection law you have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold on you, for
which we may charge a fee, and the right to ask us to correct any inaccuracies in that information.
If you want more information about this please contact your local British Council office or the Data
Protection Team (dataprotection@britishcouncil.org) or see our website http://www.britishcouncil.org/home-data-protection.htm
Please complete one form for each partnership (either French or English) and email the completed
form to CharlesdeGaulle.trust@britishcouncil.org
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