ASDAN Award Programmes
ASDAN offers a wide choice of flexible, activity-based curriculum programmes that can be used in a variety of educational contexts with learners working at a range of levels.
ASDAN Bronze/Silver, Gold, Universities and the FE Awards offer imaginative ways of developing, recording and certificating young people’s personal achievements. Students are required to carry out challenges over 60 or 120 hours and recognise their skill development.
There are more than 20 Short Courses available, offering accreditation for up to 60 hours of activity in subject areas ranging from Personal Finance to Sports and Fitness. The Stepping Stones programme is designed to support Citizenship and PSHE for young people aged 7-12, while Key Steps offers a programme of activities for the 10-14 age group in topic areas including PSHE, Enterprise and Internationalism.
SEN Opportunities
The Preparatory Programmes are designed for learners with moderate, severe, complex, profound or multiple learning difficulties, working between P Levels 1-8 (below National Curriculum Level 1). These programmes provide a real-life context to promote the development of personal, social, independent, ICT and work-related skills: