Qualifications Wales: apply to become a subject expert
Are you ready to help shape the future of education in Wales?
Could you use your knowledge and expertise to help influence the qualifications of the future?
We’re looking for those with subject and assessment knowledge and experience to work alongside our approvals team to help us approve exciting, new Made-for-Wales qualifications. We need a variety of individuals with a wealth of experience across all subjects within all six areas of learning and experience (AoLE), who have a deep understanding of the Curriculum for Wales and secure knowledge and understanding of educational assessment.
As a subject expert, you will be collaborating closely with our approvals team throughout the approvals process and play a supporting role in the review of the new Made-for-Wales qualifications developed by the awarding body. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on qualifications in Wales and gain invaluable experience.
Applications are now open via Sell2Wales. The closing date for this opportunity is Friday 3 November 2023.
Qualifications Wales confirms a return to pre-pandemic exam and assessment arrangements this year
Last week, Qualifications Wales announced the approach for exams and assessments for the 2023-2024 academic year, confirming that GCSE, AS, A level and Skills Challenge Certificate qualifications in Wales will largely return to pre-pandemic arrangements.
The update confirms a return to pre-pandemic approaches, starting in November, with statistical protection in the awarding process to prevent results falling substantially below pre-pandemic levels, at a subject level.
This signals the last step on the Welsh qualification system’s journey back to usual assessment arrangements, following the years of alternative arrangements due to disruption from the pandemic.
Philip Blaker, Chief Executive of Qualifications Wales said:
“After the years of alternative arrangements, I can confirm that this year’s GCSEs, AS, A levels and Skills Challenge Certificate qualifications in Wales will return to pre-pandemic arrangements. As was the case last year, vocational qualifications will also follow pre-pandemic arrangements.
Learners are at the heart of our decisions, which is why we have taken a stepped approach to returning to pre-pandemic arrangements over the last few years.
It’s important that we get back to the usual arrangements so that grades prepare learners for college, university or employment in the best possible way, and help them to make the right choices about their next steps.
The broadly midway grading approaches of the past two years provided additional support for learners, and we believe that was the right thing to do. However, that meant that we could not maintain standards in the normal way. It is vital that we protect the long-term value of learners’ grades, to ensure comparability with their peers in other jurisdictions and maintain confidence in the Welsh qualifications system.
In 2024, learners will again have the opportunity to demonstrate what they know and can do in exams and formal assessments. The grades that learners achieve in these exams and formal assessments measure their attainment and allow them to progress into higher and further education, or on to employment.”
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