Duke of Edinburgh Award Skills
A dedicated AI route for DofE Skills section learners: Bronze starts with visual and creative AI, Silver introduces Blockly AI workflows and machine learning foundations, and Gold develops applied Python ML portfolio evidence.
Each AI level has a different starting point. Bronze is for practical AI beginners, Silver is for students ready for Blockly AI and machine learning foundations, and Gold is for students ready to use Python for applied ML work.
Best for students new to AI. Bronze introduces AI concepts, model evaluation, simple classifiers, prompt engineering and creative generative AI media.
Best for students ready to understand how machine learning models work. Silver covers Blockly AI pipelines, ML mathematics, neural networks, TensorFlow and sentiment classification.
Best for students ready for applied Python machine learning. Gold develops data science workflows, model selection and a final data challenge portfolio.
For students who want a broader pathway beyond DofE evidence, our Main Academy is the place to explore more Code & AI courses and future AI routes.
Bronze builds confidence with visual and creative AI. Silver adds Blockly AI, mathematical and model foundations. Gold develops engineering-grade Python machine learning.
Conceptual AI understanding, visual tools and first practical projects.
Blockly AI, mathematics, neural networks, TensorFlow and visual algorithmic pipelines.
Python machine learning, data science techniques and a culminating data challenge portfolio project.
The DofE AI course route is designed around visible project work, clear explanations and practical artefacts that students can use for their DofE Skills section evidence.
Students can produce chatbot, classifier, image-model and Blockly AI visual pipeline evidence depending on their level.
The route helps students explain data, training, evaluation, model choice and why AI systems behave differently.
Bronze and Silver build smaller artefacts, while Gold gives students a longer data challenge portfolio project.
The pathway keeps AI concepts approachable while still giving students practical evidence they can explain clearly.
Yes. Code & AI is a DofE Approved Activity Provider listed in the official DofE provider finder, and this AI pathway is designed for Skills section participants.
AI can be a suitable DofE Skills section activity when the student has a clear goal, works regularly and shows progress through practical evidence. Students should confirm their chosen activity with their DofE Leader.
Blockly AI is our visual, no-code way of teaching AI workflows. Students can describe data, training, evaluation and model steps using blocks before moving towards Python machine learning at Gold level.
AI Bronze is best for beginners, AI Silver is best for students ready for machine learning foundations, and AI Gold is best for students ready for Python-based applied machine learning.
Yes. AI Bronze is designed as the accessible starting point, using visual tools, simple model ideas and creative AI projects before students move into deeper machine learning.
The AI pathway focuses on machine learning ideas, classifiers, generative tools, model evaluation and portfolio artefacts. The Coding pathway focuses on Python programming and algorithmic problem-solving.
Start with Bronze, compare Silver or Gold, or book a trial lesson before joining a live AI cohort.
