Essential Skills Wales : WJEC

Essential Skills Wales (ESW) qualifications consist of Application of Number, Communication and ICT.

Each skill will be assessed at levels 1-4 via an internally assessed and externally moderated portfolio. For ESW Entry, awarding bodies can determine their own method of assessment. WJEC’s are task-based controlled assessments with the option for centres to devise their own.

Support

To support centres, WJEC

has distributed Essential Skills Wales Publications on CD
has produced ‘Example’ portfolios
offers centre-support visits and centre-based CPD
has produced practice tasks for ESW Entry

Centres are reminded to complete and return their 2012/2013 Centre Registration form to WJEC's Key/Essential Skills Wales Unit.

Wider Key Skills

Wider Key Skills – Improving Own Learning and Performance, Working with Others and Problem Solving - will now remain unchanged until 2014 at which time revised standards may be introduced.

Contact Details

For further information, please contact:

Bryan Davies - Head of the Key/Essential Skills Wales Unit
Telephone: 029 2026 5100/5172/5032/5382
Fax: 029 2026 5098
E-mail: bryan.davies@wjec.co.uk

Support visits and centre-based INSET are available on request. For further details and for general enquiries, please e-mail the Key/Essential Skills Wales Unit.