WJEC Latin Qualification

[Leeds2]

Hi!

Does anyone know what the WJEC Latin qualification is? My understanding is that it is equivalent to two GCSEs but, not being an actual GCSE, isn't included in school league table results. Does anyone know anything about this? Have to confess that I have never heard of it!

Thanks.

[LovetheHarp]

Bumping for you!

[ravenousbugblatterbeast]

Is this any help?

[Leeds2]

Thanks for the link, ravenousbug. I think I now understand what the course teaches, but I don't know whether it is regarded, in real life!, as worse, the same or better than a GCSE, iyswim.

[ravenousbugblatterbeast]

I suppose it depends what you need it to mean - I would presume that it wouldn't be a bar to A level study, whether it counts or not towards, say, 9 GCSEs which may be required for studying English, French and Music, for example, but I would be wary of using it as a stepping stone to A level Latin and thence maybe to a Classical/Latin degree, as it's then a lot more crucial that it counts, IYSWIM... I've been screening training contract applications for a law firm this summer, and while A levels and degree obviously count, GCSEs have nothing to do with scoring and therefore successfully going through to the next round, so any "damage" would be short-lived.