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02.10.24

Clear and confident communication is essential for learners to support their progression to further studies and employment.

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NEWS
01.10.24

Qualifications Wales republishes approval criteria for new GCSE The Sciences (Double Award).

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NEWS
30.09.24

Approved specifications for Wave 1 GCSEs being taught in schools from September next year have been published by WJEC.

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30.09.24

Head of Approval and Designation, Alexis de Vere, takes you behind-the-scenes as Qualifications Wales gives the green light on reformed GCSEs.

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NEWS
18.09.24

Qualifications Wales today announced that Essential Skills Wales qualifications will be reformed as it published the findings of an in-depth, two-year review of the post-16 vocational qualifications.

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NEWS
11.09.24

Qualifications Wales has finalised the range of Cymraeg qualifications available for 14 to 16-year-olds as part of the new National Qualifications.

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NEWS
05.09.24

Qualifications Wales has confirmed the 15 VCSE subjects which will be available to 14 to 16-year-old learners from September 2027.

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NEWS
22.08.24

Today (22 August) is the second of this year’s qualification results days, with over 58,000 learners in Wales receiving their GCSE results at schools and colleges across the nation.

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NEWS
19.08.24

We are pleased to announce the following recent Welsh Government minister-approved reappointments to the Qualifications Wales board:

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NEWS
15.08.24

Results are live for thousands of learners across Wales, with A level, AS level, vocational and Welsh Baccalaureate learners receiving their qualification results today (15 August).

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NEWS
09.08.24

Four partners came together on the Maes today: Qualifications Wales, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Coleg y Cymoedd and ColegauCymru to raise awareness of how collaboration across the sector was helping to...

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NEWS
06.08.24

Qualifications Wales and the National Academy for Educational Leadership Wales are proud to be working together to show the innovative ways they’re contributing to Welsh Government’s goal of a million...

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