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As part of our continued journey to co-construct a new suite of GCSEs and related qualifications for learners across Wales, we are pleased to announce that consultation on our high-level proposals for the structure and focus of assessment for the Wave 2 subjects outlined below is now live.

Commenting on this exciting development, Delyth Jones, Assistant Director, Qualification Development. “We have hit a key milestone in the creation of our new inclusive, engaging and bilingual qualifications. We have engaged with a broad cross section of stakeholders through our Development Advisory Groups, but these consultations offer an important opportunity for a greater number across the education community to comment on our preliminary subject outlines.

The qualification outlines are extremely important, as these will guide our future development work for these qualifications. I strongly encourage everyone to feedback on our proposals, to ensure we capture a broad range of opinions, that will allow us to create qualifications which are fit for learners across Wales.”

The consultation applies to subjects within the second wave of our development which will be available for teaching from September 2026.

For each subject, we have developed a qualification outline which builds upon the Approval Criteria devised by 91�ε� Wales. Based on the feedback collected, our Qualification Development Team will work with our Subject Officers to revise and publish the final outlines in January 2025.

We are looking for feedback from across the education community, including teaching colleagues, heads of centres, parents/guardians and learners.

Get involved – complete our consultations today

Consultations for qualification outlines are available for the following subjects now:

GCSEs

• Dance
• Design and Technology
• Digital Media and Film
• Digital Technology
• Health and Social Care, and Childcare
• Integrated Science (Single Award)
• Physical Education and Health
• Social Studies
• The Sciences (Double Award)

Non-GCSE qualification

• Level 2 Additional Mathematics

The consultations will close on 6/12/2024. To access our consultations, please visit the following webpage.

If you have any questions regarding our new qualifications, please email qualificationdevelopment@wjec.co.uk.