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Secondary and further education

Empower your students to lead their own STEM projects from start to finish. Let them take charge, explore what excites them most, and earn recognition!

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How to run a CREST Award for secondary levels

Develop your students' project skills and make science personally relevant to them with CREST Bronze, Silver and Gold.

Plan

Browse the free resources in our Resource Library for project ideas.

Alternatively, students can create and design their own projects. Familiarise your students with the CREST criteria for Bronze, Silver or Gold so they know what to aim for.

Complete

Students complete their projects before submission. Create a free account on our application platform to submit projects.

For Bronze, upload a sample of the project work or a completed Bronze workbook. For Silver and Gold, upload the project work alongside a profile form of each student.

Assess

Students must meet at least 11 of the 15 CREST criteria to earn an Award.

For the Bronze, a teacher or adult assesses the projects. For Silver and Gold, a CREST assessor evaluates each project. The application fee must be paid before assessment.

Celebrate

Celebrate the incredible achievement of your students as they achieve their CREST Awards.

Share your experience with us or tag us in your posts. Let's spread the joy and inspire others with your students' success!

  • Plan

    Browse the free resources in our Resource Library for project ideas.

    Alternatively, students can create and design their own projects. Familiarise your students with the CREST criteria for Bronze, Silver or Gold so they know what to aim for.

  • Complete

    Students complete their projects before submission. Create a free account on our application platform to submit projects.

    For Bronze, upload a sample of the project work or a completed Bronze workbook. For Silver and Gold, upload the project work alongside a profile form of each student.

  • Assess

    Students must meet at least 11 of the 15 CREST criteria to earn an Award.

    For the Bronze, a teacher or adult assesses the projects. For Silver and Gold, a CREST assessor evaluates each project. The application fee must be paid before assessment.

  • Celebrate

    Celebrate the incredible achievement of your students as they achieve their CREST Awards.

    Share your experience with us or tag us in your posts. Let's spread the joy and inspire others with your students' success!

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Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

We aim to make CREST accessible for everyone, therefore CREST resources are designed to be very flexible and adaptable, allowing you to make any modifications or changes that would assist your learners of all abilities in achieving their CREST Awards. Get started today and empower your students to achieve their CREST Awards!

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Project ideas & inspiration

Explore inspirational project ideas in our Resource Library, or get creative and develop your own! The student guides are packed with helpful hints and tips to assist you in running CREST with your students.

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Investigative practical science in the curriculum

Secondary Students

Find out how to build practical CREST projects into secondary science lessons using our downloadable free teacher guidance pack. Supporting this guidance are easy-to-use, free-to-download mapping workbooks, which match individual Bronze, Silver and Gold CREST Award projects with each area of the secondary science curricula for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Download your own copy of the relevant mapping workbook below:

Download the England secondary curriculum mapping tool

Download the Northern Ireland secondary curriculum mapping tool

Download the Scotland secondary curriculum mapping tool

Download the Wales secondary curriculum mapping tool

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CREST project idea generation

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Struggling to come up with a CREST project idea? Our question-generating document is here to help! It will guide you in generating a question that’s relevant to your daily life and interests. You’ll be able to narrow down topics that excite you and find a question that matters to both you and the world around you. CREST is all about tackling issues that spark your curiosity, so dive in and discover something that inspires you to learn more!

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We are here to help

Find answers to your questions quickly and easily with our Help Centre Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Whether you're just getting started with CREST Awards or looking for specific details on projects, resources, or submission guidelines, our comprehensive FAQs has you covered.

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