The Duke of Edinburgh Award is designed to challenge a young person

It is meant to take them out of their comfort zone and offer them experiences they would not otherwise have.

There are 3 levels of the award:

• Bronze is available to young people aged 14-24

• Silver is available to young people aged 15-24

• Gold is available to young people aged 16-24

As well as enjoyment gained from overcoming challenges, hiking and camping, meeting new people, making new friends, learning new skills and helping others through volunteering, anyone who achieves the award should be proud and list it on their CV.

It is meant to be challenging which is why not everyone who starts the award, achieves it:

• Bronze: 127,196 started the award in 2020-21, 27, 575 were awarded = 22% success

• Silver: 31,213 started the award in 2020-21, 11,273 were awarded = 36% success

• Gold: 20,832 started the award in 2020-21, 6,172 were awarded = 30% success

The Bronze Award is made up of 4 sections

• Volunteering

• Physical

• Practical skills

• Expedition

The amount of time spent on each section (other than Expedition) is up to the participant.  Two sections must be done over 3 months and the other section for 6 months.  

Each section must have an assessor (not family member) who signs off the section.

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What does the Bronze Award year looks like at The Burgate School?

• Weekly drop-in sessions (3:10-4:00 on Tuesdays starting 9th January 2023  during term time) for: 

  • • eDofE support

    • team building

    • route planning

    • general training - camp craft, first aid, map reading

• Day hike (Saturday in Spring term, date t.b.c) - introduction to map reading and walking

• Practice expedition (Friday-Saturday early Summer term, date t.b.c) - practice map reading and camp craft

• Assessed expedition (Friday-Saturday late Summer term, date t.b.c)