Dear Parents and carers,
It is with regret that I have to inform you that we are unable to provide DofE Expeditions during this academic year for any of our students. This is due to staffing limitations within the DofE expedition structure and the lack of availability for training for new staff that want to be part of our team.
Safety of our students is of paramount importance to us and while we understand this is very disappointing news, we cannot compromise this.
On a more positive note we are already planning the training programme and staffing structure to enable expeditions to be delivered in the next academic year, 2023.
We are hoping to be able to offer our current Year 10 students (C25) the opportunity to do their Bronze or Silver expedition after completing their GCSEs in Year 11 (2023). Students that have successfully completed the other activities within the DofE award programme and have good or improving HoWLs will be considered to join the DofE expeditions.
Current Year 8 students (C27) will ALL start working towards their Bronze DofE Award Programme in September 2023 when they are in Year 9. Our School’s DofE lead will be in touch nearer the time with further information.
Best Wishes,
Kate ap Harri
XP Trust DofE Manager