The skills you need to succeed.

Welcome to Essential Skills Wales, the web site for everybody studying the new suite of key / basic skills qualifications in Wales.  This website is currently under construction in advance of the launch of Essential Skills Wales in September 2010.  In the coming months we will bring you a range of resources to help you study for and obtain the new qualifications.  Do please check back here regularly for updates.

The Essential Skills Wales qualification suite will replace the current Key Skills and Basic Skills qualifications from 2010.  The suite is divided into the following subject areas :

Communication

Application of Number

Information & Communication Technology (ICT)

The wider Key Skills of Improving Own Learning and Performance, Problem Solving and Working with Others will continue to be available as part of the Essential Skills Wales qualification, but exactly how they will slot in to the qualification is currently under review.

GCSEs in English, Maths, ICT and Welsh will also be updated from September 2010.