GCSE Social Studies
Mae disgrifiadau'r TGAU yn Saesneg yn unig, gan eu bod wedi eu cymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
GCSE Social Studies asks learners to summarise and judge the credibility of sources, write extended evaluative answers and communicate findings to a real audience. Numeracy is the statistics of social research: designing questionnaires and samples, calculating mean, median, mode, range and percentages, drawing graphs and spotting weak data presentation. The single biggest thing Key Stage 3 should build is the habit of reading any source or chart critically, asking who made it, when and why, before using it as evidence.
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2026
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Uchel
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Canolig
- Manyleb
- Agor manyleb CBAC (PDF)
Sut mae'r TGAU hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Society and Social Issues: Written examination 1 hour 15 minutes, 30%, 60 marks
- Unit 2: Investigating Society and Social Issues: NEA 6 hours 30 minutes, 20%, 60 marks, set and marked by WJEC
- Unit 3: Social Change in Contemporary Society: Written examination 1 hour 15 minutes, 30%, 60 marks
- Unit 4: Planning to Effect Social Change: NEA 6 hours 30 minutes, 20%, 60 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Dehongli data
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Averages, range and percentages
Learners calculate mean, median, mode, percentages and range from data on society in the examination, and undertake the same calculations on raw data in Unit 2.
Rhifedd: Dehongli data, Cyfrifiad, Rhuglder, Dealltwriaeth gysyniadol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils work out the mean and range of hours of sleep from a class survey and say what the figures show.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils calculate the percentage of the class with home broadband from survey results and compare it with a figure for Wales.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils find the mean, median, mode and range of weekly pocket money from a survey and explain which average best represents the group.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, Section 1.1.2 Understanding and transforming data about society, page 11
“Learners should understand how to calculate: • mean • median • mode • percentages • range.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio cymedr i ddehongli set data syml.
Rwy'n gallu cyfrifo canran, ffracsiwn a degolyn o unrhyw faint gyda chyfrifiannell lle y bo'n briodol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio cymedr, canolrif, modd ac ystod i gymharu data (parhaus ac arwahanol), ac rwy'n gallu dewis y cyfartaledd mwyaf priodol.
Rwy'n gallu mynegi un maint fel canran maint arall.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu dehongli gwybodaeth fathemategol; gan ddod i gasgliadau o graffiau, diagramau a data, gan gynnwys trafod cyfyngiadau data.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio cyfrifiannell wyddonol yn effeithiol ac yn effeithlon i gwblhau cyfrifiadau gan ddefnyddio'r amrywiaeth o fysellau swyddogaeth sydd ar gael.
Rwy'n gallu dehongli atebion o fewn cyd-destun y broblem ac ystyried a yw atebion, gan gynnwys dangosyddion cyfrifiannell, analog a digidol, yn synhwyrol.
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Interpreting data and spotting weak presentation
Learners draw conclusions from quantitative and qualitative data, identify patterns and trends and identify weaknesses in how data is presented. Unit 3 applies the same skills to data on changing societies.
Rhifedd: Dehongli data
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils read a pie chart of household recycling and write two things it shows.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils describe the trend in a line graph of homelessness in Wales, quoting two figures from it.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils find the weaknesses in a misleading chart about crime, such as a cut axis or missing labels, and redraw it fairly.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, Section 1.1.2 Understanding and transforming data about society, page 10
“identify patterns and trends in data on society • identify weaknesses in the presentation of data on society”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu echdynnu a dehongli gwybodaeth o amrywiaeth gynyddol o ddiagramau, amserlenni a graffiau (gan gynnwys siartiau cylch).
Rwy'n gallu dod i gasgliadau o ddata ac rwy'n cydnabod y gall rhai casgliadau fod yn gamarweiniol neu'n ansicr.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu dehongli graffiau sy'n disgrifio sefyllfaoedd go iawn, gan gynnwys y rhai a ddefnyddir yn y cyfryngau, a chan gydnabod y gall rhai graffiau fod yn gamarweiniol.
Rwy'n gallu archwilio tueddiadau a gwerthoedd eithaf (allanolynnau) ar gyfer setiau data.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu dehongli graffiau sy'n disgrifio sefyllfaoedd go iawn, gan gynnwys y rhai a ddefnyddir yn y cyfryngau, a chan gydnabod y gall rhai graffiau fod yn gamarweiniol.
Rwy'n gallu dehongli gwybodaeth fathemategol; gan ddod i gasgliadau o graffiau, diagramau a data, gan gynnwys trafod cyfyngiadau data.
Rwy'n gallu dod i gasgliadau o ddata ac rwy'n cydnabod y gall rhai casgliadau fod yn gamarweiniol neu'n ansicr.
Da gwybod
- No marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar or accuracy of language are stated in the specification; the assessment objectives (page 31) cover knowledge, application, analysis and evaluation, and enquiry skills.
- Calculator use is not stated, although learners 'should understand how to calculate' the mean, median, mode, percentages and range (page 11); 'The Assessment Pack will include all detailed information relating to assessment' (page 31).
- In Unit 1 pie charts are listed as 'pie charts (labelling only)' (page 11), which suggests learners label pie charts rather than construct them from angles.
- Unit 2 and Unit 4 'must be submitted digitally (they may be handwritten and scanned or completed digitally)' (page 32). Each takes 6 hours 30 minutes and may be done in shorter sessions.
- For Unit 2 the assignment 'includes data sources and several tasks' and 'The social issue will change annually' (page 32), so learners read unseen sources on an unfamiliar issue.
- Unit 4 requires 'secondary sources that are fully referenced' (page 27). No word limits are given.
Cysylltiadau â TGAU eraill
Appendix A (page 37) maps Developing Mathematical Proficiency, the number system and statistics strands to all four units, with geometry and measurement in Units 1 and 3 only.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE Social Studies specification, Version 2, October 2025 (teaching from 2026, for award from 2028).