Arts Award can be achieved at five levels, four accredited qualifications and an introductory award. Arts Award inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents: it's creative, valuable and accessible.
Arts Award is managed by Trinity College London in association with Arts Council England.
The award is a personal learning programme which develops and assesses both arts-related and transferable skills, such as creativity, communication, planning and teamwork:
For more information about understanding the Qualifications and Credit framework please see our simple guide.
The table below shows the Arts Award qualifications with their level, size and credit value. For professionals working in schools or formal education settings information about school performance points are included. For further details download our qualification factsheet.
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Level
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Qual. title
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Qualification number
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Credit value
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Guided learning hours
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% threshold contribution
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School perfor-mance target points
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UCAS Tariff
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Explore
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Entry Level Award in the Arts (Entry 3)
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600/3894/9
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4
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25
(10*)
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
|
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Bronze
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Level 1 Award in the Arts
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501/0081/6
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6
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40 hrs
(20*)
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5% to
Level 1
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6.3
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N/A |
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Silver
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Level 2 Award in the Arts
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500/9914/0
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10
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60 hrs
(35*)
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10% to Level 1 & 2
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23
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N/A |
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Gold
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Level 3 Certificate in the Arts
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500/9666/7
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15
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90 hrs
(60*)
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16% to Level 1 & 2
10% to Level 3
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42
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35 |
* additional recommended independent learning hours
Explore and Bronze Arts Award are recognised as Foundation Learning.
Gold Arts Award is recognised on the UCAS Tariff system (35 points). Students applying to University for the 2012/13 academic year who have achieved a Gold Arts Award will be able to include it as they would do other subjects when completing their UCAS application form.
Bronze, Silver and Gold levels have all been confirmed as funded aims for 16-18 on the LARA system.
The credit framework means that young people can build qualifications and track them through their ‘Unique Learner Number’. Find out more about Unique Learner Numbers and entering their number at the point of registration to take part in Arts Award.
