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Supporting secondary students with SEND

CREST challenges are flexible and student-led, allowing young people to begin from their point of understanding and to shape their own investigations. Whilst CREST resources have a suggested age range, these are just a guide and we encourage you to select the projects and awards that are most suitable for your students’ current level of learning. You may also like to change or adapt the activities, in line with the needs of your learners. CREST is for everyone!

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Supporting SEND students with Silver and Gold projects

At Silver and Gold level, CREST projects are normally reviewed by specialist external assessors. To support students with SEND working at this level, we have supplementing evidence forms which can be used by educators to show that young people have met the CREST criteria around communication, helping them to achieve their awards. This can be particularly helpful for students who are unable to communicate their project effectively without support. Silver and Gold projects from SEND students can also be reviewed by the CREST team, to allow their individual needs to be fully considered during the assessment process.

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If you have further questions about how to run CREST with your SEND learners, please do get in touch. You can email us at: crest@britishscienceassociation.org

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