Asset Languages structure

How does Asset Languages compare to other qualifications?

Asset Languages is an assessment scheme which provides accreditation for the Languages Ladder. Asset qualifications can also be mapped to other qualification frameworks, as shown in the table below.

Stages	NQF	General qualifications	National Curriculum	CEF approx
Advanced: Grades 10-12	Level 3	AS / A Level		B2
Intermediate: Grades 7-9	Level 2	GCSE A* - C	7-EP	B1
Preliminary: Grades 4-6	Level 1	GCSE D - G	4-6	A2 (B1)
Breakthrough: Grades 1-3	Entry Level	Entry 1-3	1-3	A1 (A2)

Achievement and attainment table points

Asset Languages externally-assessed qualifications attract KS4 achievement and attainment table points. The points are per skill, by grade. Points achieved by pupils taking Asset qualifications in KS3 can be carried over into KS4 tables.

Asset Languages stages	Grade	Points per skill	Points x 4 skills
Advanced Each Asset Languages Advanced qualification counts for 10% towards the Level 2 (A*-C) and Level 1 (D-G) thresholds. (So 4 quals count for 40%). Additionally advanced qualifications contribute 6.25% each towards the Level 3 threshold.	12	34.5	138
	11	30.75	123
	10	27	108
Intermediate Each Asset Languages Intermediate qualification counts for 5% towards the Level 2 (A*-C) and Level 1 (D-G) thresholds. (So 4 quals count for 20%).	9	13.75	55
	8	12.25	49
	7	10	40
Preliminary Each Asset Languages Preliminary qualification counts for 5% towards the Level 1 (D-G) threshold. (So 4 quals count for 20%).	6	8.5	34
	5	7	28
	4	4.75	19
Breakthrough Asset Languages Breakthrough qualifications are at Entry Level, so do not count towards the threshold, but do count towards average points per student and value added.	3	3.5	14
	2	3	12
	1	2.5	10

As a reminder, the points value of GCSEs are:

GCSE
E = 28 D = 34
C = 40
B = 46
A = 52
A* = 58

UCAS tariff

Asset Languages externally-assessed Advanced qualifications attract UCAS points.

Asset Languages
Grade 12 in all four skills = 103 points
Grade 11 in all four skills = 74 points
Grade 10 in all four skills = 45 points

	Grade 12	Grade 11	Grade 10
Speaking	28	20	12
Listening	25	18	11
Reading	25	18	11
Writing	25	18	11

As a reminder, the points value of GCEs are:

GCE
A Level
Grade B = 100 points
Grade C = 80 points
Grade D = 60 points
Grade E = 40 points