Essential Skills Wales

New EDI file format from 1 September 2011

From 1 September 2011, a new version of the JCQ EDI Formats (Version 14) has been introduced. Before you import basedata for 2011/12, please ensure that you install the latest version of the management information system you use to administer examinations.

Please contact your software supplier for more information.

Essential Skills Wales qualification entries 2011/12 - Z9W11_72

Essential Skills Wales are the qualifications that replaced Key and Basic skills in Wales in September 2010. They are only available in Wales. Please ensure you are approved for these qualifications before making entries. Please note that entries cannot be withdrawn or amended once submitted.

Basedata for Essential Skills qualifications (Application of Number, Communication and ICT) has been made available for the whole year. The entries should come under the September series, which may need to be created within your management information system.

Wider Key Skills qualification entries 2011/12 - Z9R11E_72

For ease of use, we have provided the basedata for the Wider Key Skills qualifications (which you may wish to use in conjunction with the Essentials Skills Wales qualifications) here for you to download.