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Mathematics Entry Level
The WJEC offers Mathematics at Entry Level, available to all centres.
The assessment scheme comprises of board-prescribed coursework (79% of the marks available) and one written paper (21% of the marks available).
This qualification will be discontinued in July 2012. To find out about replacement qualifications, please click here.
Coursework
The scheme of assessment for coursework is as follows;
- Intermediate Tests 48%
- Aural Tests 5%
- Practical Exercises 6%
- Investigative Tasks 20%
Coursework will be centre-marked and externally moderated. The coursework sample must be submitted to moderators at the beginning of May in the final year of the course.
Examinations
The external examination is a single paper of 1¼ hours duration. This paper will be set and marked externally which is held in March, in the final year of the course.
The Entry Level Certificate examination in Mathematics will provide well planned courses based on a more relevant curriculum for those pupils in their final years of secondary education who find the more formal approach to education and examinations inappropriate to their abilities and needs. It enables pupils to develop, by providing a variety of learning experiences and of teaching and assessment strategies through which the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes relevant to adult life may be encouraged.
Resources
Further resources for Entry Level Mathematics can be accessed by clicking on NGfL-Cymru.
Continuing Professional Development
There is a regular programme of CPD every autumn delivered by senior examiners. Further details of CPD courses are available here.
For further information, please contact:
Betsan Jones - Mathematics Subject Officer
Telephone: 029 2026 5318
E-mail: betsan.jones@wjec.co.uk
Rhian Williams - Mathematics Subject Support Officer
Telephone: 029 2026 5199
E-mail: rhian.williams@wjec.co.uk