Programmes and Qualifications

Accelerating Progress (multiple titles)

What is it?

ASDAN’s Accelerating Progress courses in English and mathematics have been designed to support students in the new, tougher GCSEs in England. They have a special focus on helping learners gain a four or a five.

Students complete engaging challenges, collect evidence of their work and identify skills development. The programmes have been written by practising subject specialists with experience in helping learners make good progress and realise their full potential.

Find out more about Accelerating Progress courses:

English Mathematics

Overview
e-portfolio
Costs

Who are they for?

The programmes have been designed to support learners in Years 10 and 11 in England.

They can also be used to support post-16 students undertaking GCSE resits in English and mathematics.

If desired, these courses can also be used in Years 8 and 9 to explore the more challenging aspects of the specification before starting their GCSEs.

How can they be delivered?

These flexible courses can be delivered in a variety of different ways, including during after-school intervention sessions and for students retaking their English and mathematics GCSEs in Years 12 and 13. The 7 ways to embed Accelerating Progress poster gives further details.

Facts and Figures

Supports attainment in key Progress 8 subjects
Internally moderated
Each course accredits 10-100 hours of activities
Offers progression to other ASDAN courses, including the Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) at Levels 1 and 2

E-portfolio

Each learner will require their own registration to access the Accelerating Progress e-portfolio system. This allows learners to input their completed challenges and upload their evidence for tutors to sign off online.

A demo of the e-portfolio system is available for centres that wish to view the course content before registering their learners:

https://tutor.asdan.org.uk
Username: accelerate@asdan.org.uk
Password: progress

Costs

All student book, certification and registration prices shown below are per learner, unless otherwise stated.

Item	Price
Accelerating Progress tutor support manual (per course)	£139.00	+VAT
1-29 learner registrations	£9.00
30-49 learner registrations	£8.00
50+ learner registrations	£7.00
Accelerating Progress PDF certificate	Free
Accelerating Progress printed and foiled certificate (optional, per learner, per course)	£2.35

All prices valid from 1 September 2019 until 31 August 2020. Prices are shown exclusive of VAT.

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