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Duke of Edinburgh
Robert May’s School runs the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award for Year 9 and the Silver Award for Year 10 students. Students are engaged in volunteering, physical and skill development with the completion of an expedition in the Summer Term.
Over 120 students are participating in the Bronze and Silver awards with a wide range of activities including dancing at a National level, sign language, cooking, sports coaching and volunteering positions within the school.
The training for the expedition involves learning and practising all of the necessary skills including:
- Expedition confidence including bag packing and menu planning
- Map and compass proficiency
- Campcraft i.e. tent building and cooking
- First aid and emergency procedures including the countryside code
- A practice expedition for Silver and practice walks for Bronze
For Bronze the students attend training sessions on Mondays after school in 6 week blocks to prepare for their expedition in their groups. Please see below for the training programme for each of the groups as well as the expedition dates.
For Silver students attend training sessions on a Monday after school for the Autumn term and then ad hoc as needed to prepare for the expeditions.
Dates for 2025-26:
Frequently Asked Questions:
eDofE
Students can access eDofE either by downloading the app or by going to this website. Students must use the app to track their progress towards their sections of the DofE Award (volunteering, physical and skill). More guidance can be found here: Getting started with eDofE.
Welcome Packs
Once students are registered the DofE will send you a welcome pack with more information about how to complete the award. A digital version of the welcome pack is available here: Digital Welcome Packs.
What should I do for my DofE sections?
If students are struggling to decide what to do for each of their sections then a comprehensive list is available here: Volunteering - Physical - Skills As soon as they have decided what they are going to do they must enter this into eDofE so that their DofE Leader can approve their choice of activity.
Who can be my Assessor?
An Assessor checks on the progress and agrees the completion of a section of a student’s programme. They must be independent and over the age of 18. Therefore, they cannot be a member of your family. An Assessor can be anyone who is interested in helping them to achieve, has some knowledge of the activity they are doing and can be available over the time they are doing it. They will produce or sign off the relevant Assessor’s report for that section, which is uploaded into eDofE.
If students are struggling to find Assessors they should talk to their DofE Leader.
Assessor Reports
Once students have completed the 3 or 6 months for their sections to be complete they need to ask their assessor to complete their report. In order for them to do this they will need the following link https://www.dofe.org/assessor/ along with the student’s DofE number (this can be found on eDofE), the section they are assessing e.g. Skill and the level of award they are completing e.g. Bronze.
Award Criteria for Expedition
In order to pass the expedition element of DofE students must adhere to the Expedition Aim and Requirements set by the DofE.
Kit Lists
There are slightly different kit lists for Bronze and Silver. (Bronze - Silver) We also have lots of school kit available for students to borrow. If your child needs to borrow kit they should talk to one of their DofE Leaders.
Meal Planning
Students meal plan for their expeditions in their Groups of 7 with guidance from their DofE Leader. If your child has special dietary requirements we recommend that they bring their own food and don’t team cook. We also have designated cooking equipment for students with allergies.
