religious education

Schools must ensure that all learners, no matter their choices of qualifications, secure some learning in all Areas and in all mandatory elements of the curriculum including relationships and sexuality education and religion, values and ethics. 

sport

Every student in Key Stage 4 will have 3 or 4 timetables Sports lesson a fortnight in order to promote physical fitness and mental health and wellbeing. You will need to remember to bring a kit in order to take part. There will also be several opportunities to undertake extra-curricular activities in sport in several disciplines.

The central focus of the Welsh Baccalaureate at Key Stage 4 is to provide a vehicle for 14-16 year olds to consolidate and develop essential and employability skills. The qualification will help pupils to prepare for their future by developing skills, attributes and behaviours valued by post-16 educators and potential employers. The emphasis in the Welsh Baccalaureate is on applied learning i.e. acquiring and applying a range of transferable skills. The School will offer a learning experience relevant to the needs and demands of the workplace that will develop pupils’ confidence, drive and initiative, preparing them to enter, succeed and progress in the world of work.

The Welsh Baccalaureate is based on a Skills Challenge Certificate alongside Supporting Qualifications. The requirements of both the Skills Challenge Certificate and Supporting Qualifications must be met in order to achieve the overarching Welsh Baccalaureate.

The Skills Challenge Certificate consists of four components which are followed by all pupils:

• Individual Project

• Enterprise and Employability Challenge

• Global Citizenship Challenge

The combined outcomes of the four components will determine whether the Skills Challenge Certificate is awarded at National or Foundation level. The Skills Challenge Certificate has been designed to include learning and assessment which will enthuse, engage and motivate pupils in the classroom, the workplace and the wider community. Pupils will be required to consider how the application of their learning may impact on individuals, employers, society and the environment. The qualification has been devised around the concept of a ‘plan, do, and review’ approach to learning where pupils are introduced to a context for learning, plan activities, carry out activities, review outcomes and learning.

The Supporting Qualifications include two mandatory GCSEs of English Language or Welsh Language together with Mathematics-Numeracy. A further three GCSEs are also required, of which two may be of equivalent qualifications. To meet the National Welsh Baccalaureate requirements all five of the Supporting Qualifications must be achieved at grades A*-C. Similarly, for the Foundation Welsh Baccalaureate the Supporting Qualifications must be achieved at grades A*-G.