Bronze/Silver Award
What are the ASDAN Awards?
ASDAN Award Programmes offer imaginative ways of developing, recording and certificating a wide range of young people’s personal qualities, abilities and achievements, as well as introducing them to new activities and challenges. All the programmes link to nationally recognised qualifications, which contribute to performance tables.
Who are they for?
Differentiated to offer two levels of Award within the same book, Bronze/Silver can be used:
- At Key Stage 4 (but also post-16, see also FE Awards)
- With students in Years 9, 10 and 11, either within the whole school tutorial/PSHE programme, or within an option or elective system
- In special schools as a major part of the curriculum, so tutors can engage students in the development of relevant life skills
Structure
Students select a number of challenges from the 12 modules that make up the Bronze/Silver Award programme:
- Information Handling
- The Community
- Sport and Leisure
- Home Management
- The Environment
- Number Handling
- Health and Survival
- World of Work
- Technology
- The Wider World
- Expressive Arts
- Beliefs and Values
Students gain 1 or 2 credits for each section completed, with each credit representing about 10 hours of activity. Credits can also be acquired from other ASDAN programmes, such as Short Courses or Key Steps.
Six credits (approx. 60 hours) are needed to complete the Bronze Award and 12 credits (approx. 120 hours) are needed to complete the Silver Challenge or Silver Award.
Students are required to plan and review their work at key points and these Action Plans and Reviews form part of the portfolio of evidence, which also documents the completion of challenges undertaken.
Assessment
After students' portfolios have been internally moderated, centres must register candidates' names for external moderation at least four weeks before a regional moderation meeting. ASDAN will issue certificates following successful moderation.
Progression routes
The Bronze Award offers progression to the Silver Award (differentiated within the same workbook) and the Wider Key Skills qualifications.
The Bronze/Silver Awards count as half of the curriculum credits (six) required for ASDAN’s Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE), which carries points in the achievement and attainment tables.
For further details about other progression routes from Bronze/Silver, click the following link to download the Award Programmes information flyer.
Training
Details of forthcoming ASDAN Programmes introductory workshops are listed in the Training & Events section.
Bronze/Silver Award Book
Click on the thumbnail below to download sample pages from the student book:
This book can be purchased from the Online Catalogue.
FAQ
Secure Area for registered centres
Once your centre is registered with ASDAN for the ASDAN Awards, you can access further information and resources via the website's Secure Area.
It contains all relevant updates, essential documents, meeting information and resources, and enables you to:
- Download resources, including guidance and checklists
- Register your candidate names
- View updated support meeting dates
- Purchase materials from the online ASDAN catalogue
- Check the list of candidates registered from your centre
There is no limit to the number of people from a centre who can register to use the Secure Area. You can register for a password online, by using the password request form.