Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate
The Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate was awarded for the last time in summer 2024. Summer 2025 will be a resit only opportunity for candidates who have cashed-in their Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate in summer 2024 or before. Candidates may re-sit components and cash-in the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate again. A cash-in for the Skills Challenge Certificate also requires a cash-in for the Welsh Baccalaureate qualifications. However if a candidate has previously achieved the Skills Challenge Certificate and is awaiting results for supporting qualifications to claim the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification, a cash-in for the Qualification may be made on its own.
This specification provides learners with an opportunity to achieve two qualifications: Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate and Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate.
Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate
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Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate To be awarded the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate, or Welsh Bacc. for short, a learner needs to complete all elements of the wheel. The qualification is awarded as a Pass grade when a learner has passed the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and all the Supporting Qualifications. It demonstrates all in one place academic ability and competence in skills that are valued by employers. |
The Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (SCC) has been designed to enable learners to acquire and apply a range of complex Essential and Employability skills in different settings and context that provide learners with a broader education. It will provide experiences which support other subjects and will enable learners to be better prepared for their future destination, whether university, further training or employment.
The Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate consists of 4 components:
- Individual Project (50%)
- Enterprise and Employability Challenge (20%)
- Global citizenship Challenge (15%)
- Community Challenge (15%)
To achieve the qualification, learners must pass all components. The marks are totalled to provide a grade A*- E, equivalent to A level grades. It is this grade or the equivalent UCAS tariff points that will be included in university offers.
The 7 skills involve complexity; they are multi-faceted, including many different but connected parts.
| Literacy | The ability to express complex ideas both written and verbal, adapting language and terminology in a manner appropriate for audience |
| Numeracy | The ability to collate, analyse and present complex numerical data/information from a range of sources, extracting appropriate meaning |
| Digital Literacy | The ability to understand and use digital technology for complex purposes, in a manner appropriate for audience |
| Planning & Organising | The ability to manage self and/or others, resources and circumstances to achieve a specific complex goal |
| Critical Thinking & Problem Solving | The ability to gather relevant information, identify key issues, linking and comparing information, and drawing conclusions to solve complex problems |
| Creativity & Innovation | The ability to generate original complex ideas and practical translation of ideas to develop a new or improved product, service, process, system or social interaction |
| Personal Effectiveness | The ability to adapt ones skills and qualities so that high quality results are achieved. Modify behaviours to accommodate tasks, situations and individuals. |
Both the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate are well regarded by universities. Not only is the Skills Challenge Certificate included in many entry requirements but the skills developed fully support learners adapting to Higher Education study.
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