Arts Award inspires young people to grow arts and leadership talents
Arts Award is a unique national qualification that supports anyone up to 25 years old to grow as an artist and arts leader, inspiring them to connect with, and take part in, the wider world. Arts Award enables young people to progress their learning throughout their school life and beyond into further education and employment.
Arts Award has five levels, four of which (Explore, Bronze, Silver and Gold) are on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). Arts Award Discover is an introductory award. At each level, children and young people work with an Arts Award Advisor, a trained adult who supports them to gain arts experiences, provides guidance and assesses their arts logs and portfolios. Teachers, teaching assistants, museum learning staff, art practitioners, youth workers and volunteers can all train as advisors. Offering Arts Award can also help schools to demonstrate certain elements of the OFSTED and Teaching Standards framework and provides great links across the curriculum. |
PRIMARY SCHOOL AWARDS:
Arts Award Discover is the introductory award open to children and young people aged up to 25. To achieve Discover, children and young people discover the arts around them, find out about artists and their work and share their experiences with others, gaining a certificate at the end. Arts Award Discover will usually take about 20 hours to complete. Arts Award Explore is an Entry Level 3 qualification on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF, a stepping stone from Arts Award Discover, to the Level 1 qualification, Bronze Arts Award. Arts Award Explore is designed for ages 7 plus. Young people collect their arts experiences in an Explore arts log as they go along, recording what they find and enjoy. Arts Award Explore will usually take about 25 hours to complete. For details on all aspects of Arts Award please visit the website at www.artsaward.org.uk |
BRONZEBronze Arts Award is a Level 1 award on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). To achieve Bronze young people take part in an arts activity they enjoy, go to an arts event, research their arts inspiration and share their skills with others. Bronze is available to young people aged 11 to 25. |
SILVERSilver Arts Award is a Level 2 qualification on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). It has two units - Unit 1: arts practice and Unit 2: arts leadership. Doing Silver involves achieving an arts challenge, reviewing arts events, researching artists and arts organisations, and delivering an arts leadership project with other people. |
GOLD
Gold Arts Award is the highest level at Level 3 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), and develops young people's creativity, communication, planning, teamwork and leadership skills. The award is also recognised on the UCAS Tariff (35 points). Gold has been designed for young people aged 16 to 25. |