Information & Communication Technology GCSE

The revised WJEC GCSE specifications in ICT are available for teaching from September 2010. The unit 2 Controlled Task, Teacher Guidance and the datafile, for submission in summer 2011 or summer 2012 can be downloaded here.

WJEC has a Short Course and a Single Award with the 2 units of the short course a subset of the 4 unit single award.  Our new specifications are modular and assessed by a mixture of exams (40%) and controlled assignment (60%) to give a flexible, up to date qualification which will engage learners.  Text books have been published by Hodder and Folens along with a Teachers' Guide to support delivery.  Teachers have direct access to subject specialists to answer all your questions.

DCELLS has recognised the WJEC Short Course and the Single Award GCSE as vocational qualifications in the context of the options that are offered within local curricula for key stage 4.

For schools in Wales, WJEC has identified an overlap in terms of skills between WJEC GCSE ICT and the Essential Skills Wales ICT qualifications.  Candidates submitting the unit 2 Controlled Task will meet the requirements of both with a little extra documentation.

Click below to see a copy of the specification and specimen assessment material.

GCSE ICT Specification for Teaching from September 2010

GCSE SAM for Teaching from September 2010

GCSE Teachers' Guide for Teaching from September 2010

The legacy WJEC GCSE ICT Full Course and Short Course will be assessed for the last time in Summer 2011.

Coursework Forms

Further resources are available through our online Shop. 

Our programme of Continuing Proffessional Development (CPD) courses starts on 16th November 2010.  Click below to access the booking form.

GCSE ICT CPD Booking Form

Uniform Marks (UMS) - Information on how raw marks are converted to uniform marks may be found in the following document - Uniform Marks.

Functional Skills ICT

From September 2010, all centres in England will be able to enter candidates for Functional ICT at Entry Level and Level 1 & 2.

For NEW centres starting Functional Skills in September 2010, please sign up to our FS despatch mailing list to ensure you are kept up to date with current information.

Please e-mail: Rhian Williams: rhian.williams@wjec.co.uk

For further information about GCSE, contact:

ICT Subject Officer - Ian Carey
Tel:    029 2026 5137
Email: ian.carey@wjec.co.uk

ICT Subject Support Officer - Clare Williams
Tel:    029 2026 5059
Email: clare.williams@wjec.co.uk