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Wales has rolled out the Curriculum for Wales — a phased, areas-of-learning model that replaces the National Curriculum and redefines how progress is measured. Pupils still sit GCSEs and A-levels (alongside the Welsh Baccalaureate), and Welsh-medium schools run parallel to English-medium ones in every local authority, with cyfrwng Cymraeg provision protected by statute. Estyn is the inspectorate, and ALN (Additional Learning Needs) replaced the older SEN framework.
Curriculum
Curriculum for Wales
Main qualifications
GCSE and A-level (with Welsh Baccalaureate)
Inspectorate
Estyn
local authorities
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