Important Update - Changes to Arts Award
As part of the upcoming changes to Arts Award, centres will not be moderated every time they enter young people for Arts Award. If selected to be moderated, centres will submit a sample of work digitally via our new online portfolio submission platform.
We will remove complicated booking options and make the moderation process (where required) quick and easy. The new portfolio submission platform will streamline the submission process and speed up feedback.
The new process will take effect from 13 December. For detailed information on the upcoming changes, read our News and FAQs.
The deadlines to book moderation through the current process have now passed. This means that centres wishing to enter young people for Arts Award will need to wait until we launch our new process on 13 December.
The following information applies to the current online moderation process for centres with an existing moderation booking.
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Online moderation involves sending young people's Arts Award portfolios or arts logs to Trinity College London via online link so a trained moderator can verify your assessment. Trinity selects and requests only a sample of portfolios, so that centres do not have to submit the work of all of the young people entered for moderation.
Read our online moderation centre guide for full information on the online moderation process.
| Online moderation | |
| Arts Award levels | Explore, Bronze, Silver and Gold |
| Fee | Maximum fee £549 (see fee info below) |
| Booking info | Centres book onto one of our publicly advertised sample dates. On this date we will confirm with you the young people’s names whose portfolios/arts logs have been selected to be sampled. Samples must be submitted within seven days of the sample date. Moderation takes place a few weeks later. |
| Availability/book by | Places on each date are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, and dates as soon as they reach capacity. Dates are available year-round and released on a rolling basis, meaning that as one closes, another will open. |
| Location/portfolio format | Remote - submit a sample of portfolios/arts logs digitally via online link. Online work must be fully viewable online without the need to download any files or log in to access (unless you provide log in details). |
| Number of candidates | There is a maximum cohort size based on fees (see fee info below). |
Note: By booking online moderation, you confirm and agree to the following:
- Your work will be available to be shared online (i.e., on a blog or file-hosting site, such as Google Drive or Dropbox)
- You will share your work via either of the following methods:
- a. Send us an email containing a public sharing link, so we can access your work without the need to log in to an account or download any files, OR
- b. Create your own account and provide access information (i.e., username and password)
- We will share your access information with the moderator, who will moderate the work on their personal computer
- You are responsible for removing access permissions to your work upon receiving results
If you are unable to consent to the above, you must select an alternative moderation option.
Online moderations are subject to our per-person moderation fees, and there are no additional fees. The maximum fee for online moderation is £549: the total per-person fee must be below the minimum fee for standard moderation (£550). Centres, whose fees exceed the maximum fee for online moderation, must opt for standard (face-to-face) moderation.
Go to Moderation and Certification fees to find out more.
Before booking moderation, ensure your organisation is registered as an Arts Award centre, and that you and all advisers assessing the young people’s work are linked to your centre. To make a booking simply log on to the Arts Award centre portal and Click ‘Request a Explore/Bronze/Silver/Gold moderation’. For step-by-step instructions, watch our video tutorial or read our Centre Portal Guidance.
Sample dates close for booking as soon as they reach capacity and we recommend booking at least six weeks in advance to ensure you can book on the date you want. For bookings received close to the enrolment deadline, an extension of 2 working days will be offered at the point we confirm your booking.
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Enrol names by
| SAMPLE DATE | Send sample portfolios |
| 10 October 2023 | 31 October 2023 **CLOSED** | 31 Oct - 7 Nov 2023 |
| 3 November 2023 *Bookings made after 03/11 must enrol within 2 working days* | 24 November 2023 **CLOSED** | 24 Nov - 1 Dec 2023 |
We will send you a confirmation email within three working days. If you don't receive it, please contact onlinemoderation@trinitycollege.co.uk.
Please read the booking confirmation email for full information and instructions about how to enrol names for moderation and prepare for the sample date. For any queries about your moderation, respond to the booking confirmation email.
In preparation for your sample date, ensure all portfolios are assessed, and an assessment report form is completed for each, before your booked date and by the adviser(s) indicated at enrolment.
See key dates and deadlines in preparation for your moderation.
On your booked date, we will email you the names of the young people selected to be in the sample and instructions on how to submit their work to us. The number we request is determined by the number of advisers assessing the work (indicated at the point of enrolment), and the levels of Arts Award they are assessing.
We will ask you to send the following via online link within 7 days:
- the portfolios/arts logs of the young people selected in the sample
- the adviser assessment report forms for all young people entered for moderation
Note: Online work must be fully viewable online without the need to download any files or log in to access (unless you wish to provide log in details). We are not able to accept work over email and via file sharing sites (e.g. WeTransfer).
If any of the portfolios/arts logs selected in the sample are in hardcopy format, they must be digitised and shared via online link. Read our Sharing Online Portfolio Links - Tips and Tricks
On the day of the moderation, the moderator will take a look at the sample. The moderator won't contact you on the day.
The moderation will take place a few weeks after the sample date. We will confirm your young people’s provisional results via email within three weeks of the booked date. Results are officially confirmed by Trinity College London at the point of certificate issue. Find out more about Arts Award certification.
We send out Arts Award certificates within six weeks of your sample date. It's then up to you when and how you present them!
Please note the following key deadlines. For full details, read the Best Practice Guidebook and our Terms and Conditions of booking (updated: May 2023).
| STEP | DEADLINE |
| Postponement | Not possible - you need to cancel your existing booking and book on a new date (cancellation fees apply - see below) |
| Cancellation | To cancel, email your Trinity contact. Cancellation fees apply
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| Enrolment | Enrolment must be completed via the centre portal by 21 days before the booked date Additions/substitutions will be accepted up to 7 days before the booked date (provided they do not impact any finalised moderation timings). Requests to remove names are not possible. |