Silver

Hove Park School is an officially licensed provider of the Duke of Edinburgh Award.

The Duke of Edinburgh award is an outstanding mark of achievement for a young person and probably the most widely recognised by employers and universities as a sign of a number of social skills, resilience, responsibility and a balanced approach to life and learning.


In year 10 we offer the Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. You can enter straight to Silver, without having completed Bronze, or continue from Bronze. The Silver award is made up of three sections completed independently:

  • a physical activity,
  • volunteering
  • a skill


This can be something you already do, or something new, each once a week, one for three months and the other two for 6 months, one of which must be volunteering.


Directly entering students complete 12 months in one section.


The school will help identify possible activities, advise on who can assess your achievements and help you complete your e-log so you can achieve the award. Many teachers are assessors of individual sections for students.


The school runs the expeditions and training for them. The Silver practice walking expedition dates are TBC


The cost is £145, for registration, which we must pay to the DoE and expedition costs which include coach travel.


The awards are presented in March in Year 11 2021-22

For parents: What will your son / daughter get out of it? 

Enrolment

To enrol click on this link to the wise-pay page and enrol. You will need to pay the registration fee in advance. After that, further payments can be made in instalments.
NB Silver enrolment is now open for all students going in to year 10! As soon as you have paid the registration fee on Wise pay, we will register you with the award and you can begin immediately. This is because of the special conditions brought about by the pandemic. You do not need to wait until 1st August. If you are still completing bronze, you can begin any sections that you have already completed at Bronze level.

Menu

DofE News

Duke of Edinburgh Award Diamond Fund

By Hove Park School • February 18, 2021
Hove Park School is delighted to have been awarded an £800 grant from the Duke of Edinburgh Award Diamond Fund to train staff. This training is essential to the safe running of DofE expeditions. Many teachers are already qualified in many of the skills needed to lead outdoor expeditions and this will support others in training. 'This will ensure we can run expeditions ourselves, with the high levels of safety expected.' Mr Hunting, the DofE Coordinator said, 'It will help the school to become more self-sufficient when it comes to running expeditions. This has always been one of our goals for the school because it means expeditions are more affordable so that everyone at Hove Park can be encouraged and supported to undertake at least the Bronze award'. Hove Park school is about 'Achieving Together' and providing students with the opportunity to develop rounded skills and experience the benefits of outdoor education, and this Diamond Fund Award really helps us to do so!  Jim Roberts Head teacher said ‘The Duke of Edinburgh award is an important part of our Every Child Should strategy in which we have identified 8 themes that we want all children that come to Hove Park to have experienced in their time with us, including spending a night under the stars. Mr Hunting and his team have done an incredible job in developing our Duke of Edinburgh provision and ensuring it is accessible to all students. We are looking forward to a time when we can re-start the planning and get children enjoying the outdoors again.’
Bronze Duke of Edinburgh students

Bronze Duke of Edinburgh

By Hove Park School • July 16, 2019
Thirty nine intrepid year 9 students completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh assessed expedition on the South Downs over two days, camping overnight at Hillside, the scout camp at Small Dole. On Sunday, from the beginning they successfully navigated their way independently in teams from Cissbury Ring, working together and supporting each other to get to their overnight destination. They cooked meals and pitched tent for the night, with stunning views of the South Downs and lovely countryside around. Apart from a few drops of ran at the beginning, the day was perfect for walking, with sunshine breaking out as the day progressed. The next day the teams walked up onto the South Downs ridge, climbing the 105 metre ascent of Edburton Hill with full packs, along to the Dyke, then Saddlescombe, then to finish at Waterhall. Bright Expeditions who organised what was an extremely successful expedition, said all the groups had passed their assessment well, and they were impressed by their organisation, behaviour, teamwork and competence at camp craft and navigation. Thank you to Bright expeditions for their excellent work and to all the staff who helped on the trip and the support staff who helped to make it happen or covered lessons on the second day (Monday).

Duke of Edinburgh update

By Hove Park School • May 24, 2019
Forty-two year 9 students set of on their Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition for their Bronze award this bright Thursday morning! They left in seven groups from the Valley Campus and walked out of the conurbation to join the South Downs way in the sparkling May sunshine. They have journeyed in groups up and down on footpaths to the village of Pyecombe where they are stopping for lunch. They are continuing to Ditchling where they will camp for the night, accompanied by Hove Park Staff and Bright Expeditions, who are training them in micro-navigation in preparation for their Assessed Expedition, in July.
Share by: