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Unit Award Scheme: celebrate every success

Reward every learner and support their journey to GCSEs.

Assurance, accessibility and achievement

Our Unit Award Scheme (UAS) allows all students to engage with learning and see a clearer route towards GCSEs. Watch their confidence grow as they achieve, building their core skills and knowledge in a range of subjects.

The scheme is affordable and offers many benefits for you and your learners:

Choose a subject of interest

We’ve done the hard work for you and mapped bitesize units to our GCSEs.

Support their future

Motivate your learners by building on key skills and knowledge as they move towards GCSEs.

Accessible for all

UAS is inclusive and suitable for learners of all abilities and can be individually tailored to their needs.

Reward your students

See their engagement and motivation increase as they build a portfolio of certificates for each completed unit.

Why Unit Award Scheme?

Adrienne Nichols, Head of Unit Award Scheme, shares how and why UAS can bring success and achievement to any centre through a wide range of accessible units.

Take the next step

The scheme is quick and easy to set up and with training now free for you and your team, we’re here to help you celebrate success.

If you're interested and would like to hear from our UAS team, fill in our enquiry form.

Get in touch

Why choose UAS?

Our UAS is designed to make GCSE success a possibility for learners. See how quick and easy it is to get started with the resources below:

Case studies

New
31 January 2025
The Christie
The Christie is a world-leading cancer centre explains how The Unit Award Scheme helps the young people at The Christie prepare for life after treatment.
New
31 January 2025
The Children’s Hospital School at Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College Hospital
The Children’s Hospital School in central London provides education for children and young people across two hospital trusts to minimise the interruption and disruption to their academic progress by providing learning opportunities throughout their hospital admission.
11 September 2023
RSPCA Newbrook Farm Education Centre
Zoe Teague, Senior Education Officer at RSPCA Newbrook Farm Education Centre, shares why her centre chose UAS and how the scheme has helped to create opportunities for their learners.
11 September 2023
St Peter’s Church of England School
Jo Brophy, Inclusion and Engagement Lead at St Peter's Church of England school in Exeter, explains how she's using UAS to create innovative, alternative pathways for students.