GCSE Home Economics - Child Development

Teaching: Sep 2009

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Purpose	Reference
Qual Code	4290SA
QWADN	C00/0478/8
QN	600/5570/4

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The final award for our current GCSE Home Economics Child Development is summer 2020, with re-sit opportunities in 2021.

A new GCSE Health and Social Care, and Childcare has now been introduced in Wales by the City & Guilds/WJEC consortium. Details of the qualification can be found on the Health and Care Learning Wales website.

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WJEC GCSE Child Development: Student book	978-1-908682-15-4	Kate Ford, Susan Gould, Christine Henning, Beverley Parry

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