Duke of Edinburgh at Durham School

Reaching the grand age of 50 this year, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme is currently an integral part of the extra-curricular life for over 40 pupils at Durham School. The award is aimed at encouraging participants to develop self-confidence and self-belief, raising an awareness of their own potential and gaining an understanding of strengths and weaknesses through exploring new skills and relationships.

The Award can be undertaken at 3 levels, Bronze (14 yrs+), Silver (15 yrs+) and Gold (16 yrs+). At each level the Award is divided into four activity areas: Service, Skill, Physical Recreation, Expeditioning and, at all levels, each young person must undertake an activity for a particular length of time and be able to show that they have developed and benefited from their involvement.

Parents can access the dates of forthcoming expeditions by visiting the "Duke of Edinburgh" folder in the Parents' Area of the website.

next event

Durham School U13 Hockey Tournament
Thursday, 11 March 2010

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recent news

Three young ODs collect D of E Gold Awards from the Duke
Hannah, Kate and Jenny's proud moment at St James's Palace

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Testimonials

"Pimlico is a place of comfort and acceptance where any girl who is upset will always have the other girls caring for her. Participating in the many events as a House is fantastic. Every girl is involved in the preparation towards them, so we all work together as a team and nobody is ever left out. There are ten other girls with me in the year group and we all get on extremely well as a year group with the various personalities joining together nicely. I am very excited about this coming year when we will join together as a team to help run Pimlico. "
Maxine Brewster (Pimlico, Year 13)