Cardiff Met offers an in-house equivalency exam for GCSE English Language/Welsh and Maths. The exams are designed to meet the GCSE B grade requirements for entry into Cardiff Met ITE courses only. Cardiff Met also now offers exams to meet the C grade requirement for GCSE Science.
To be eligible to sit the exams, applicants need have received an offer and replied, or intend to reply, 'Firm'. Applicants also need to have achieved, and
be able to provide evidence of, the relevant pre-requisite grade as specified under each subject below.
Applicants not eligible to sit these exams will be notified at offer stage and will need to ensure that an external exam is undertaken, in order to meet the conditions of offer.
There is
no fee attached to the equivalency exams and applicants will have resit attempts at each exam, depending on date of application.
Support sessions will be scheduled in before most of the exam dates in order to prepare you. We would like to reiterate that it is students’ own responsibility to undertake their own revision in preparation for these exams. They cannot rely solely on these support sessions. Please refer to the links below for relevant past papers and further information.
The support sessions and number of attempts to pass the exam/s have been put in place to support the successful completion of the exam/s, however failure to fulfil these requirements will mean that you will not be able to take up your place on the course.
All exams will be held at our Cyncoed Campus.
English
To be eligible for this exam, applicants will need to have already achieved GCSE grade C for PGCE Primary or GCSE grade D for PGCE Secondary.
The exam is 90 minutes and further information on the content and preparation guidance can be viewed
here.
English Revision Sessions
There will be some English revision sessions made available prior to the next set of examinations, for which applicants will be informed.
Maths
To be eligible for this exam, applicants will need to have already achieved GCSE grade C for PGCE Primary or GCSE grade D for PGCE Secondary.
The exam is 90 minutes and further information on the content and preparation guidance can be viewed
here.
Maths Revision Sessions
There will be some maths revision sessions made available prior to the next set of examinations, for which applicants will be informed.
All candidates will need to bring with them a calculator, pen, pencil, ruler and rubber for the revision sessions and the test.
Science
To be eligible for this exam, applicants will need to have already achieved GCSE grade D.
The
exam is 90 minutes and applicants will need a calculator and a ruler. Further information on the content and preparation guidance can be viewed here.
There will be some
revision sessions made available prior to the next set of examinations, for which applicants will be informed.
Welsh
To be eligible for this exam, applicants will need to have already achieved GCSE grade D.
The
exam is 90 minutes and further information on the content and preparation guidance can be viewed below;
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There will be some revision sessions made available prior to the next set of examinations, for which applicants will be informed.
Applicants with a declared learning need must provide evidence in advance of the exam so that reasonable adjustments can be made on the day. Applicants will be allowed 15 minutes extra time for each test.
Please note that, although Cardiff Met offers its own equivalency examinations, we also accept a number of other equivalencies such as Equivalency Testing, the University of South Wales,
Bangor University and the National Extension College.
We strongly recommend that, whichever equivalency option you choose, you seek and engage in extra tuition so that you are fully prepared.
Applicants that have not gained a suitable equivalent qualification by the start of the course will not be able to take up a place on our ITE programmes.
If you have any queries, please contact Admissions by calling 029 2041 6010, by emailing askadmissions@cardiffmet.ac.uk or on Twitter @CMetAdmissions.