Duke of Edinburgh Award - gold

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is a four section programme with three progressive levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. The Sections involve: Creativity (a hobby, skill or interest); Action (sports, dance, fitness); Service (helping the community); Expeditions (on foot, cycle, horseback, or water); and a Residential Project at Gold (an enterprise with people not known to the participant).

St. Clare's offers students an opportunity to complete the Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award while at the College. The Gold award takes 18 months to complete as a direct entrant or 12 months if the student has completed the Silver award. The activities involved in the Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award also count towards each student's CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) credit.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, is a voluntary, non-competitive programme of activities for anyone aged 14-25. It offers an individual challenge and encourages young people to undertake exciting, constructive, challenging and enjoyable activities.

IB students Alexandra Quie and Dorothea Schmidt received their gold award from the Lord Major of Oxford at an awards ceremony at the Town Hall.

To attain the gold award Alex worked with Amnesty International on an Other people in Need project, worked with turtles on a residential project and excelled in Badminton. For her award Doro worked in a paediatric hospital as part of her residential project, excelled at singing and keep fit and contributed to the Student Council at St. Clare's. Both students did their practice expedition in Wales and the examined expedition in the Isle of Arran, Scotland.