Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales
The Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales qualification is an exciting new Level 3 qualification awarded that supports learners to become effective, responsible, and active citizens ready to take their place in a sustainable global society and in the workplace.
Qualification Structure
The Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales qualification is made up of three units referred to as Projects. It is awarded at grades A*-E.
The Global Community Project supports learners to develop and demonstrate application of the Integral Skills whilst considering complex global issues and participating in local community activities (at least 15 hours) to promote citizenship in a sustainable world and Wales.
The Furture Destination Project supports learners to develop and demonstrate application of the Integral Skills whilst exploring future destination goals for life, employability and citizenship in a sustainable world and Wales.
The Individual Project enables learners to develop and demonstrate application of the Integral Skills whilst planning, managing and conducting an independent research project (extended written project or artefact).
WHAT THE LEARNERS SAY:
“Welsh Bacc has helped me to develop a range of skills which I can apply to my other subjects, and further education.”
Assessment Structure
Assessment of the Global Community Project contributes 25% to the overall qualification grade and requires learners to:
- select and investigate a global issue of their choice
- make connections between the global issue they have researched and a local perspective
- plan and participate in a community action
Assessment of the Future Destinations Project contributes 25% to the overall qualification grade and requires learners to:
- consider their skills, attributes, abilities and goals
- create a personal manifesto for their future
- collaborate with their peers to achieve a common goal
Assessment of the Individual Project contributes 50% to the overall qualification grade and requires learners to:
- explore a research topic of their choice
- produce and presenting a research outcome, which could include the production of an artefact
- evaluate their individual project.