Welsh Baccalaureate

What is Welsh Baccalaureate?

It is an overarching qualification which covers academic and real life experiences. It gives you the opportunity to explore a range of projects which reflect your personal interests and career progression. This will help you with your CVs and UCAS personal statement

The Welsh Baccalaureate award contains the following elements:

A range of academic and/or vocational qualifications.
A core which demonstrates competence in the following skills:
Wales, Europe and the Wider World
Personal and Social Education
Community Participation
Work Related Education
Modern Foreign Language
Team Enterprise
Key Skills

Who’s taking part?

PenYDre High School is one of 31 schools and colleges in Wales who are participating in the award in 2006/2007. It will be available in all schools and colleges from 2007/2008.

PenYDre High School is the only education institute in Merthyr Tydfil to offer this qualification.

Baccalaureate qualifications are the future. It is part of the skills agenda for England and Wales. The baccalaureate system is well known in Europe (several countries have their own, France, Spain and Germany for example) and are well regarded. Some public schools in UK have been offering the international baccalaureate as part of their syllabus for many years.

It gives students the competitive advantage when applying for university.

How will it be delivered at PenYDre High School?

Your AS, AVCE, NVQ or GNVQ courses will take up to 20 lessons per week. The Welsh Baccalaureate will be delivered on 3 lessons per week plus your tutorial lesson.

All word will be project led. You will have the opportunity to carry out research, visits, group discussions, debates, presentations, make digital videos etc. You will meet and work with a wide range of people from industry and the community.

Wales, Europe and the Wider World, Personal and Social Education and Key Skills will each take up one lesson per week for 32 weeks. No Welsh Baccalaureate lesson will collide with your academic subjects.

There will be a range of activities for you to take part in each term, hopefully this will even include a foreign visit.

A list of previous visits/ speakers/ activities include:

United Nations conference in New York
New York / Washington visit
Hype Drug Awareness Project
House of Lord Debate
Cardiff Bay visit
Peer Mediation
Young Enterprise
Outward Bounds activities
Sports Coaching
First Aid
Plus much more

Will University recognise it?

Yes. August 2005 saw the first Welsh Baccalaureate at Advanced level. The Advanced Diploma is valued as equivalent to one “A” level at A grade worth 120 UCAS points. Many universities in England and Wales fully accepted the Welsh Baccalaureate as part entry to a wide range of degree courses. These universities dropped their A level offers significantly for welsh Baccalaureate students. Some examples of universities are listed below:

Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth, Derby, Brunel, Bournemouth, Glamorgan, Portsmouth, Cardiff Medical School, Newcastle, Hull, Scarborough, Bangor, Liverpool, Reading, Plymouth, Southampton, Exeter, Birmingham etc.

Want to know more?

Click this link to load a booklet on the Welsh Baccalaureate

At PenYDre High School contact Mrs Bhranti Davies for more information


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	What is Welsh Baccalaureate? It is an overarching qualification which covers academic and real life experiences. It gives you the opportunity to explore a range of projects which reflect your personal interests and career progression. This will help you with your CVs and UCAS personal statement The Welsh Baccalaureate award contains the following elements: A range of academic and/or vocational qualifications. A core which demonstrates competence in the following skills: Wales, Europe and the Wider World Personal and Social Education Community Participation Work Related Education Modern Foreign Language Team Enterprise Key Skills Who’s taking part? PenYDre High School is one of 31 schools and colleges in Wales who are participating in the award in 2006/2007. It will be available in all schools and colleges from 2007/2008. PenYDre High School is the only education institute in Merthyr Tydfil to offer this qualification. Baccalaureate qualifications are the future. It is part of the skills agenda for England and Wales. The baccalaureate system is well known in Europe (several countries have their own, France, Spain and Germany for example) and are well regarded. Some public schools in UK have been offering the international baccalaureate as part of their syllabus for many years. It gives students the competitive advantage when applying for university. How will it be delivered at PenYDre High School? Your AS, AVCE, NVQ or GNVQ courses will take up to 20 lessons per week. The Welsh Baccalaureate will be delivered on 3 lessons per week plus your tutorial lesson. All word will be project led. You will have the opportunity to carry out research, visits, group discussions, debates, presentations, make digital videos etc. You will meet and work with a wide range of people from industry and the community. Wales, Europe and the Wider World, Personal and Social Education and Key Skills will each take up one lesson per week for 32 weeks. No Welsh Baccalaureate lesson will collide with your academic subjects. There will be a range of activities for you to take part in each term, hopefully this will even include a foreign visit. A list of previous visits/ speakers/ activities include: United Nations conference in New York New York / Washington visit Hype Drug Awareness Project House of Lord Debate Cardiff Bay visit Peer Mediation Young Enterprise Outward Bounds activities Sports Coaching First Aid Plus much more Will University recognise it? Yes. August 2005 saw the first Welsh Baccalaureate at Advanced level. The Advanced Diploma is valued as equivalent to one “A” level at A grade worth 120 UCAS points. Many universities in England and Wales fully accepted the Welsh Baccalaureate as part entry to a wide range of degree courses. These universities dropped their A level offers significantly for welsh Baccalaureate students. Some examples of universities are listed below: Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth, Derby, Brunel, Bournemouth, Glamorgan, Portsmouth, Cardiff Medical School, Newcastle, Hull, Scarborough, Bangor, Liverpool, Reading, Plymouth, Southampton, Exeter, Birmingham etc. Want to know more? Click this link to load a booklet on the Welsh Baccalaureate At PenYDre High School contact Mrs Bhranti Davies for more information