The DofE Award

The DofE Award delivers a rainbow of challenge, fun, achievement and skills to young people and we encourage our Senior School pupils to sign-up.

The DofE Award

The DofE Award delivers a rainbow of challenge, fun, achievement and skills to young people and we encourage our Senior School pupils to sign-up.

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) is the world’s leading youth achievement award and we are delighted to give our pupils the opportunity to participate.

Because we are a Directly Licensed Centre we deliver the programme to our own pupils at school. We run the DofE as an extra-curricular activity for Year 10 and take-up of this optional pursuit is high here at Hydesville.

The experience is open to children aged from 14 and there are three levels of award – bronze (aged 14+), silver (aged 15+) and gold (aged 16+). The bronze award has four sections; Volunteering, Physical, Skills and Expedition. Pupils complete a minimum of three months activity for each of the Volunteering, Physical and Skills sections and plan, train for and undertake a two day / one night expedition.

There are lots of reasons we encourage pupils to take part in the DofE, not least because:

  • From the first day to the last it is a real adventure. Pupils get something different and useful from every section.
  • Pupils enjoy new experiences and, in challenging themselves to step out of their comfort zone, they discover talents they were not aware of.
  • It’s great to be formally recognised and rewarded for positive, constructive activities that benefit the individual and their community.
  • Achieving an award helps sets young people apart when applying to college, university or for work. It demonstrates ‘soft skills’ including communication, commitment, leadership and team work in practice.
01922 624374