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Made for Wales: WJEC is ready to deliver

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- Qualification outlines and consultations
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Qualification development process
- Qualification outlines and consultations
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Our role
Qualification development process
- Qualification outlines and consultations
Key information for senior leaders and exams officers
Get involved
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Our role
Qualification development process
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Key information for senior leaders and exams officers
Get involved
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Developing a suite of Sustainability qualifications

Reforming our level 3 qualifications

Reforming Level 3 Foundation Art and Design

Reforming Cymraeg Gwaith Pathway Qualifications

Qualification outlines and consultations

Throughout the development of our new Made-for-Wales qualifications, we actively engage with stakeholders to support our work. Below, you can access current and previous consultation materials and their outcomes.

Wave 1
Wave 2

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We are now developing the second wave of our new made-for-Wales GCSEs and related qualifications for first teaching in September 2026. These qualifications should support learners in realising the four purposes of the Curriculum for Wales.

Before developing the detailed specification and sample assessment material, we will develop a short document for each subject which gives our high-level proposal for the structure, focus and assessment of each qualification.

These documents, called qualification outlines, build on the Approval Criteria and provide some key information that will form the basis of our detailed qualification development.

Read the qualification outlines below:

New GCSEs: First teaching September 2026
Dance	> Qualification Outline	> Consultation
Design and Technology	> Qualification Outline	> Consultation
Digital Media and Film	> Qualification Outline	> Consultation
Digital Technology	> Qualification Outline	> Consultation
Health and Social Care, and Childcare	> Qualification Outline	> Consultation
Integrated Science (Single Award)	> Qualification Outline	> Consultation
Physical Education and Health	> Qualification Outline	> Consultation
Social Studies	> Qualification Outline	> Consultation
The Sciences (Double Award)	> Qualification Outline	> Consultation
Non-GCSE qualification
Level 2 Additional Mathematics	> Qualification Outline	> Consultation