Duke of Edinburgh Award
We are delighted to be able to offer each year the opportunity to join this life-changing adventure of both the Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to our Year 9 and 10 students respectively. In addition students completing their Silver Award will also be offered the extended opportunity to be a trained and qualified as a DofE Young Leader.
The DofE helps young people build life-long belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their passions, and discover talents they never knew they had. Because when you prove to yourself that you’re ready for anything, nothing can hold you back.
Why do Duke of Edinburgh?
The DofE is non-competitive and a powerful way for every young person to build belief in themselves, whatever their background, interests and abilities. It gives young people the chance to make new friends, follow their passions, learn new skills and make a difference to the community. Achieving a DofE Award is a great way to impress employers too. It helps young people to see themselves differently and gain a new level of confidence. We always say that after taking on your DofE, you know that whatever life throws at you, you’re ready to deal with it.
How it works
To achieve the Award, you first select and set objectives in each of the following areas:
- Volunteering: undertaking service to individuals or the community.
- Physical: improving in an area of sport, dance or fitness activities.
- Skills: developing practical and social skills and personal interests.
- Expedition: planning, training for and completing an expedition.
Every young person’s DofE programme is personal to them – they can choose what they’d like to do for their Skills, Volunteering and Physical sections, and most activities can count. We will provide guidance and support, and students can either choose to continue an activity they already do or discover something completely new. Activity ideas can be found on the Duke of Edinburgh website here: Ideas for Activities - The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
Pupils should complete one hour a week for each activity over a set period of time, so they can fit around studying, hobbies and social lives.
Expedition
The Expedition section involves passing a qualifying expedition where pupils are assessed against Duke of Edinburgh requirements which can be found here: Expedition Aim and Requirements - The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
In preparation for this pupil’s will have completed a series of bespoke expedition training sessions delivered in house by our qualified staff and will take place during both standard and extra-curricular school hours. Sessions will cover topics such as:
- First aid, Health & Safety, Packing, Food & Equipment
- Navigation & Route Planning
- First Aid, Countryside Code
eDofE and the DofE app
Participants can create their DofE programme and record their progress using eDofE, the DofE’s digital system, available online at eDofE.org and through the DofE app – downloadable for free from Google Play and the App Store.
Once enrolled, we will set up their eDofE account and they will receive details of how to sign in and get started.
More information can be found on The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award website and via the downloadable files below:
Award Details
Click on each icon below for further information on DofE Bronze, Dofe Silver and DofE Young Leaders.
