Qualifications

Guidance and services

• Regulated Professions Proportionality Assessment
  Guidance and template for reporting for regulators of teachers (including further education teachers) and certain social care professions in Wales on the European Union (Regulated Professions Proportionality Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2020.
• Credit and Qualifications Framework (CQFW): learner guide
  Explains how the framework will help you understand and compare qualifications and plan your progress.
• Credit and Qualifications Framework (CQFW): employer guide
  Understanding the framework and how it can help businesses.
• Welsh Baccalaureate
  Explains the structure and benefits of the award.
• Examinations and assessments: coronavirus
  Information on examinations and assessments, including A levels, during the coronavirus pandemic.
• GCSE, AS and A-level cancellations: letter
  Letter to Qualifications Wales about the policy on the cancellation of exams and how to determine grades.
• Awarding of vocational qualifications: letter
  Letter to Qualifications Wales about the policy on the cancellation of exams and how to determine grades.
• Credit and Qualifications Framework (CQFW): level descriptors
  Descriptions of each level in the CQFW.
• Qualifications Wales: grant allocation letter (2020 to 2021)
  Confirms the grant allocated to Qualifications Wales for 2020 to 2021.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Credit and Qualifications Framework (CQFW): overview
  Policy and strategy
  Describes the framework, its background and its principles.
• Credit and Qualifications Framework (CQFW)
  Collection
  Background and explanation of the Credit and Qualifications Framework.
• Qualifications Wales: grant allocation letter (2019 to 2020)
  Policy and strategy
  Qualifications Wales
  Confirms the grant allocated to Qualifications Wales for 2019 to 2020.
• Criteria for Initial School Teacher Training Accreditation by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales 2014 (2014 No.1)
  Legislation
  This legislation is made under Regulations 7(2) and (3) of the School Teachers' Qualifications (Wales) Regulations 2012.
• Qualifications Wales: grant allocation letter (2018 to 2019)
  Policy and strategy
  Qualifications Wales
  Confirms the grant allocated to Qualifications Wales for 2018 to 2019.
• Qualifications Wales: framework
  Policy and strategy
  Qualifications Wales
  Detailed information on its aims, how it operates and who it is accountable to.
• Review of qualifications for 14 to 19-year-olds: final report and recommendations
  Report
  A review of our qualifications systems and recommendations on how to improve it.