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Senior Qualifications Manager, Oliver Stacey, talks through some of the changes to non-exam assessment that teachers can expect to see as part of the suite of new National 14-16 Qualifications...

Qualifications Wales has launched a consultation for awarding bodies and other stakeholders to share views on draft recognition criteria to award a range of new National 14-16 Qualifications.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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).