Case Study: Valley Gardens Middle School boosts student motivation and behavior with Veracross ePraise

How Valley Gardens Middle School Benefits from Epraise

Valley Gardens Middle School, a large middle school in Whitley Bay, England, needed a better way to manage its house point rewards system. The school’s old planner-based approach was hard to track, lacked transparency, and made it difficult for staff to quickly see who was earning points and why. Veracross provided ePraise, a web-based, customizable student rewards platform to solve this challenge.

With Veracross ePraise, Valley Gardens gained clearer visibility into points, staff participation, class trends, and attendance, while also making rewards more motivating for students and easier for staff to use. The school saw improved morale, stronger participation, and better student support through point tracking and reward activities, and even added automatic points for perfect weekly attendance. Veracross says the platform has helped Valley Gardens create a more positive, transparent, and engaging behavior system.

Valley Gardens Middle School

Matthew Hope

Deputy Headmaster