Key Steps is a comprehensive programme of activities in a range of topic areas covering Citizenship, PSHE, Environment Education, Personal Finance Education, Enterprise and Internationalism. The flexibility and range of Key Steps means that it can be followed for up to three years or for less than one year.
Key Steps can now be completed online through our e-portfolio system. Registered centres can access this option via the tutor portal.
The activities are aimed at the 10–14 age group and can be used in schools, youth or training centres and alternative education. They are presented in the form of personal challenges and encourage students to develop their personal skills and take responsibility for their own learning.
Learners complete challenges and collate the work they produce in a portfolio of evidence, along with their student book and recording documents. The Key Steps learner guide shows what learmers need to do to complete the programme.
Students must complete 30 hours of challenges to achieve each certificate. Students may achieve up to three certificates.
Challenges can be selected from any of the nine modules:
Download sample pages from the Key Steps student book.
Each student must have their own book.
For centres new to ASDAN, your first step is to complete the Centre Registration Form. Current ASDAN centres need to ensure that Key Steps is added to their centre's registration.
Following registration, you will be able to purchase your books and access additional resources and guidance via the members area of this website.
Once your centre is registered with ASDAN for Key Steps, you can find further information and resources in the members area. This section of the website contains all the essential documents, forms and updates that you will need to deliver your course.
There is no limit to the number of people from a centre who can register to use the members area. You can create a new user account using the online form.
Once students' work has been internally moderated, centres can request certificates for successful candidates from ASDAN, using the form in the members area.
There is no external moderation for this programme, although ASDAN reserves the right to request samples of candidates' work for quality assurance purposes.
All student book, certification and registration prices shown below are per learner, unless otherwise stated.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Key Steps student book (one per learner) | £5.35 |
| Key Steps e-learning login (one per learner) | £5.35 |
| Key Steps PDF certificate (up to 3 per learner) | Free |
| Key Steps printed and foiled certificate (optional, per learner, per certificate) | £2.15 |
All prices valid from 1 September 2018 until 31 August 2019. Prices are shown exclusive of VAT. For details of prices from September 2019, please download the list of ASDAN course costs for 2019–2020.