GCSE approval criteria
You can also access a complete set of approval criteria for the full GCSE suite here.
These approval criteria may be updated with minor amendments at different points during the approval process.
You can find the overarching and subject-level approval criteria for our reformed GCSEs here.
| Expressive Arts | ||
| GCSE Art and Design | GCSE Dance | GCSE Digital Media and Film |
| GCSE Drama | GCSE Music | |
| Humanities | ||
| GCSE Business | GCSE Geography | GCSE History |
| GCSE Religious Studies | GCSE Social Studies | |
| Health and Wellbeing | ||
| GCSE Food and Nutrition | GCSE Health and Social Care, and Childcare | GCSE Physical Education and Health |
| Language, Literacy and Communication | ||
| GCSE Core Cymraeg | GCSE Cymraeg Language and Literature | GCSE English Language and Literature |
| GCSE French | GCSE German | GCSE Spanish |
| Level 2 Award in Additional Core Cymraeg | ||
| Mathematics and Numeracy | |
| GCSE Mathematics and Numeracy | Level 2 Additional Mathematics |
| Science and Technology | ||
| GCSE Computer Science | GCSE Design and Technology | GCSE Digital Technology |
| GCSE Integrated Science (Single Award) | GCSE The Sciences (Double Award) | |