Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

KLB School is a licenced organisation for the DofE award. In the 2022/23 academic year, over 130 students have enrolled at Bronze level, in the region of 50 students at Silver level and just under 25 students at Gold level.

Award levels and timings:

KLBS offers students the opportunity to take part at the following levels and introduces the award to the relevant year groups during Term 1 each year.

• Bronze – for students in Year 9
• Silver – for students in Year 10
• Gold – for students in Year 12

The commitment required to complete each level is given below. Students need to spend at least one hour per week on each activity during the extra-curricular time, over the required timescale. Many students are already involved in activities that can be included in their DofE programme, including playing sports or musical instruments.



Bronze timescales:

  • Volunteering section: 3 months
  • Physical section: 3 months
  • Skills section: 3 months
  • Expedition section: 2 days/1 night
  • Participants must complete an additional three months in one of the Volunteering, Physical or Skills sections


Silver timescales:

  • Volunteering section: 6 months
  • Physical and Skills sections: One section for 6 months and the other section for 3 months
  • Expedition section: 3 days/2 nights
  • Students who did not participate at Bronze level must undertake a further six months in either the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills sections.


Gold timescales:

  • Volunteering section: 12 months
  • Physical and Skills sections: One section for 12 months and the other section for 6 months
  • Expedition section: 4 days/3 nights
  • Residential section: Undertake a shared activity in a residential setting away from home for 5 days and 4 nights.
  • Students who did not participate at Silver level must undertake a further six months in either the Volunteering or the longer of the Physical or Skills sections.

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