Your Welsh Baccalaureate journey starts here ….

Your Welsh Baccalaureate journey starts here ….

The central focus of the Welsh Bacc is to enable you to develop your essential and employability skills and to develop your confidence, drive and initiative to be successful in the world of work.

The seven essential and employability skills that form the Welsh Bacc include:

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

These are the skills that employers and colleges/6^th forms/apprenticeship schemes value and which you need for learning, work and life.

Alongside and through the development of skills, the Welsh Bacc will also give you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of society, the community in which you live, and an awareness of global issues, events and perspectives.  This aims to help you take your place as a responsible and active citizen in a global society.

Structure of the Qualification: The Skills Challenge Certificate

The Welsh Bacc is based on a Skills Challenge Certificate that you will complete alongside your other Key Stage 4 Option choices.

The Skills Challenge Certificate consists of four components, all of which are assessed through Controlled Assessments; there is no exam.

Key Stage 4 Option Choices: the Supporting Qualifications

In order to achieve the full Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification, you must also pass the following GCSE subjects:

• English Language / Welsh 1^st language,
• Mathematics,
• A further three GCSEs are also required from any subject area.

To achieve the National Welsh Baccalaureate qualification, you need to achieve the above requirements at grades A*-C.

To achieve the Foundation Welsh Baccalaureate qualification, you need to achieve the above requirements at grades A*-G.