Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme

Welcome to the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme that we run here at the Willink. Every year around 75 students undertake their Bronze award, around 35 take their Silver award, and around 10 students work to complete their Gold. The Award is a life-changing experience. A fun time with friends. An opportunity to discover new interests and talents. A tool to develop essential skills for life and work as well as a recognised mark of achievement; respected by employers. Achieving an Award will give skills, confidence and an edge over others when applying for college, university or a job. It goes beyond academic achievements and universities want to see evidence of so called ‘soft skills’ that have developed through extra-curricular activities, such as communication, commitment, leadership and teamwork. The DofE Award is a fantastic way to demonstrate and evidence these skills in practice.

Free online courses that can be completed for your DofE Skills section

The DofE are working in partnership with IBM SkillsBuild to enable DofE participants to access 100s of courses and certifications to complete the Skills section of their Bronze, Silver or Gold Award. Click here to learn more and to sign up.

Choose from a wide range of digital learning in tech and professional skills that employers need in their teams today.

Courses include:

Preparing for your First Job
Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals
Basic Principles of design
Explorations into Mindfulness

Please inform Mr Burgess if you would like to complete any of the courses on offer.

Parents

Please click the links to find out all the information you need regarding our Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme.

Virtual Information Sessions 2023

Why the DofE is valuable on your CV

Bronze Award

Bronze Award Parent Information Presentation

Video from Presentation

What will your son or daughter get out of their Bronze DofE?

Silver Award

Silver Award Parent Information presentation

Video from Presentation

What will your son or daughter get out of their Silver DofE?

Gold Award

Gold Award Parent Information presentation

Video from Presentation

What will your son or daughter get out of their Gold DofE?

Students

Click the links below to find all the information you need to successfully complete your Duke Of Edinburgh's Award.

Bronze Award

What is the DofE – Bronze Award Level Presentation

Bronze introduction video

Silver Award

What is the DofE – Silver Award Level Presentation

Silver introduction video

Gold Award

What is the DofE – Gold Award Level Presentation

Gold introduction video

All Levels

DofE programme ideas - What to undertake for your award

DofE Programme Planner

How to launch eDofE

How to log on to eDofE

Bronze Award – Spare Assessors Cards

Silver Award – Spare Assessors Cards

Gold Award – Spare Assessors Cards

Letters

Bronze/Silver/Gold Launch Letter 2023

2023 Duke of Edinburgh Enrolment Form (PDF)

2023 Duke of Edinburgh Enrolment Form (Word Document)

Expeditions

Planned dates for 2023-2024 expeditions:

In school training day – 6th March 2024
Bronze practice - 10th and 11th May
Bronze qualifying - 17th and 18th of July
Silver practice - 3rd , 4th , 5th of May
Silver qualifying - 4th , 5th and 6th of July

Kit List

Assessor Reports

To complete the award at bronze, silver or gold young people need to submit an assessor report about the activity that they have undertaken. This should be completed by the adult responsible while the activity was being undertaken. The report cannot be filled out by a family member or relative, or by the young person themselves. It should follow the format explained in the video linked below:

If you need spare assessor 'cards' they are available to download here:

Last Updated October 2023