GCSE Dance - Teaching from 2026
Look out for a circular that will be sent out in September explaining how we have updated our arrangements for collecting centre declaration forms. All declaration statements will now be captured using one digital link, rather than the individual documents you will be used to.
There is also a new deadline date for submission, 24th March, and this is for all qualifications with a centre declaration requirement.
The Stimulus Material has been uploaded to Portal. Login and press Menu top left. Then Examinations and Assessment left hand-side. Then under Resources > Non-Examination Assessment Tasks. Filters: Subject > Dance; Brand > WJEC; Level > GCSE; Type of Document > Non-Examination Assessment Tasks; Publication Year > 2026; Language > English.
The GCSE Dance Unit 3 prescribed set works are now available to centres on Portal. Menu: Resources > Subject Specific Support Material including CPD and Exemplar. Options: Subject > Dance / Brand > WJEC / Level > GCSE / Type of Document > Controlled Assessments / Publication Year > 2026 / Language > English. As part of WJEC's licensing agreements with third-party copyright holders, centres are re-quired to comply with the conditions governing the use of these resources. These conditions are set out in the GCSE Dance Mandatory Centre Information: Set Works Access and Usage guidance document which includes the requirement to sign a Centre Declaration Form. This can be found on this webpage under Guidance for Teaching and also on Portal under resources.
Teaching and learning can require teachers and learners to engage with sensitive issues. To support practitioners delivering our Made-for-Wales qualifications, we have developed a new guidance document on delivering sensitive topics in the classroom. You can access our guidance via the following link.
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The GCSE Dance qualification will support the Curriculum for Wales by:
- Supporting the statements of what matters by giving learners the opportunity to:
- explore their own creative work and other people’s, to engage them with genres, techniques, tools, materials and practices and enable them to become curious and creative individuals
- explore their own cultural heritage and that of other people, places and times, and through this discover how the expressive arts can be used to shape and express personal, social and cultural identities
- learn how the important skills of refinement and analysis can contribute to their creative development.
- Supporting the principles of progression by encouraging learners to:
- explore, experience, interpret, create and respond through dance within a safe environment
- evaluate their own and others' work
- learn and refine different types of knowledge and skills including the techniques, processes and skills required to create and interpret
- learn and refine different types of knowledge and skills including the techniques, processes and skills required to perform, create and interpret
- demonstrate more sophisticated use of relevant skills and the ability to transfer existing skills and knowledge into new contexts.
- Supporting the subject specific considerations for this area by giving learners the opportunity to:
- explore, respond to stimuli and create and reflect on their own work while engaging in rich, authentic experiences
- build understanding of performing, choreography and dance appreciation across a range of styles.
