Welsh Baccalaureate at Duffryn High School

Welsh Baccalaureate students recently made a trip to Cardiff to visit the Welsh Assembly.

Key Skills Qualifications gained this year by our WBQ students:

Application of Number....Level 1

Improving Own Learning and Performance....Level 1

Communication....Level 2

ICT....Level 2

The Welsh Baccalaureate (WBQ) Duffryn High School.

Provide students with a wide range of experiences that will equip them for the modern world;
Be available and accessible to students post-16;
Be attractive to students, their parents and teachers;
Safeguard students' interests by being partly based on existing qualifications.

Rationale/Context

The WBQ builds upon the foundations laid in earlier Key Stages of the student's education, and will allow progression into succeeding phases of education and training.
For more information visit the Welsh Baccalaureate website

The aims of the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification are:
To widen participation, promote access and encourage completion in post-16 education;
To promote active citizenship;
To promote parity of esteem between vocational and academic courses and adopt a vocational approach to learning;
To enable students of all abilities to progress to further or higher education, training or employment;
To provide a broad and balanced range of curriculum experiences to post-16 students in Wales;
To promote learning by doing and the use of new technologies to make learning more effective;
To promote attitude that will prepare students for lifelong learning.