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Skills Challenge/Welsh Baccalaureate

Rhian Wilson
Strategic Lead For HWB/Skills / WBQ Teacher

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Ceri Williams
WBQ Teacher

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Emma Whitney-Embleton
WBQ / Humanities Teacher

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Victoria Howells
WBQ Teacher MC

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Katie Pope
WBQ Teacher

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Dylan Evans
Humanities / Skills Teacher

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At Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen all learners at Key Stages 4 study the National/Foundation Skills Challenges and at Key Stage 5 the Advanced Skills Challenge. The central focus of these qualifications is to provide a vehicle for 14 -18 year olds to consolidate and develop essential transferable employability skills.

The qualification will require the completion of a Skills Challenge Certificate along with supporting qualifications such as GCSEs at Key Stage 4 and A levels at Key Stage 5. The requirements of both the Skills Challenge Certificate and supporting qualifications must be met in order to achieve the overarching Welsh Baccalaureate.

The National Skills Challenge Certificate consists of three components which are followed by all learners at Key Stage 4:

Individual Project
Enterprise and Employability Challenge
Global Citizenship Challenge

Each component of the Skills Challenge will incorporate a selection of embedded and integral skills which learners need for learning, work and life. These skills are outlined below:

Literacy
Numeracy
Digital Literacy
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Planning and Organisation
Creativity and Innovation
Personal Effectiveness

Skills Challenge

Certificate

Components

Weighting

Assessed Skills

Internal

Assessment

External

Moderation

Individual Project

50%

Planning and

Organisation,

Critical Thinking,

Problem Solving

and Digital Literacy

Yes

Yes

Enterprise and Employability

25%

Creativity and

Innovation,Personal

Effectiveness and

Digital Literacy

Yes

Yes

Global Citizenship Challenge

25%

Critical Thinking,

Problem Solving

and Creativity and

Innovation.

Yes

Yes

         

 

The award will offer two levels of achievement either at the higher National level or the lower Foundation level. To achieve the National Welsh Baccalaureate learners must achieve the National Skills Challenge Certificate together with the following Supporting Qualifications:

GCSE English Language at grade A* – C

GCSE Numeracy at grade A* – C

A minimum of three further GCSEs grade A*- C, of which two may be equivalent qualifications.

 

To achieve the Foundation Welsh Baccalaureate learners must achieve either the National or Foundation Skills Challenge Certificate together with the following Supporting Qualifications:

GCSE English Language at grade A* – G

GCSE Numeracy at grade A* – G

A minimum of three further GCSEs grade A*- G, of which two may be equivalent qualifications.

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