If you are in Yr10 and last year you have completed all your 3 actvities plus the expedition for DofE Bronze (volunteering, physical and skills) or least 2 activities and the third one is in a phase of completion, you may  join the Silver schedule this year.

Silver Expedition for current Y10

(Last updated Sept 2025):

These are the key dates we request students to keep free to ensure they can attend all the expedition activities. 

Training Evening

Held at Students School

• For Coombe Boys Students - Wednesday 18 March 2026, 3.15 - 4.15pm (Y10 students only)

• For Coombe Boys Students - Friday 20 March 2026, 3.15 - 4.15pm (Y10 students only) 

Practice Expedition  

All students attend the whole weekend:

Fri 17th April (After School) to Sun 19th April, Surrey Hills

Parents/Carers must drop / collect their children from Surrey Hills - Details TBA and will be sent via email nearer the expedition date.

Assessed Expedition 

Sat 11th July 8:00am

Students to be dropped off by parents/carers at Coombe Girls School.  Travelling to New Forest by coach.

Mon 13th July circa 5pm - 

Travelling from New Forest by coach.  Students to be collected by parents/carers from Coombe Girls School.

DofE Timeline 2025-2026                                 CHECK YOUR PROGRESSION 

September - October 2025 promotion and registration (deposit payment, Google form and Google Classroom), looking for volunteering/physical/skills placements 

November - December 2025 - eDofE log-in details provided, registration of the volunteering/physical/skills placements (including full names of the assessors and their contact details). Full payment deadline: 28 Jan.

January - April 2026 - continuing (and finishing) the volunteering/physical/skills placements that started in the Autumn Term. An after school training session in March and practice expedition (see the dates above) 

May - June 2026 finishing the three placements and signing off the assessors' reports 

July 2026 assessed expedition

A few useful reminders:

1 When recording a placement on https://edofe.org/ remember to enter your assessor's FULL CONTACT DETAILS (name, surname, email, contact number)

2 Please remember to record your weekly activity on your ACTIVITY LOGS https://www.dofe.org/do/activitylogs/

3 For IDEAS, check out  https://www.dofe.org/do/ideas/ 

4 If you're looking for some VOLUNTEERING opportunities, remember that you can find a virtual placement too:

https://www.dofe.org/thelatest/how-to-volunteer-remotely/

5 If you're looking for some SKILLS opportunities, remember that you can find a virtual placement too.

https://www.dofe.org/thelatest/skills-opportunities/