Foundation Public Services
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
Foundation Public Services is a two unit, portfolio assessed Entry Level and Level 1 qualification for learners aged 14 to 16 interested in the police, fire and ambulance services, councils, the Armed Forces and voluntary groups. Literacy carries almost all of the assessment: learners read case studies and news reports about incidents, use public service terms, write short descriptions and explanations with examples, and speak and listen in role plays, interviews and discussions, with the command words rising from recognise and state to describe and explain. Numeracy is light and sits mainly in setting short and longer term targets with timelines in a personal development plan and in designing a simple questionnaire.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Entry Level and Level 1
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Canolig
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
- Y cam nesaf i fyny
- VCSE Public Services, Level 1 and Level 2
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Introduction to the Public Services Sector: Centre-marked non-examination assessment, portfolio of evidence from teacher-set activities, maximum assessment time 9 hours (typically 7 to 9 hours), 48 guided learning hours, 72 of the 152 qualification points, criteria at Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3 and Level 1, assessed in the centre and moderated by WJEC, available from summer 2028
- Unit 2: Public Services in Action: Centre-marked non-examination assessment, portfolio of evidence from teacher-set activities, maximum assessment time 15 hours (typically 11 to 15 hours), 72 guided learning hours, 80 of the 152 qualification points, criteria at Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3 and Level 1, assessed in the centre and moderated by WJEC, available from summer 2029
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Deall, ymateb a dadansoddi
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Reading case studies and news reports about incidents
Suggested tasks have learners read short case studies and printed or online news articles, then identify or describe how public services helped, which services would attend and what role they played. Entry 3 learners annotate a news article in groups, and Level 1 learners explain the roles and resources in several case studies.
Llythrennedd: Strategaethau darllen, Deall, ymateb a dadansoddi
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils read a short local news story about a house fire and highlight each public service mentioned and one thing each did.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils read a one page case study of a road traffic collision and fill in a table of which service attended, what it did and what equipment it used.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils read two news reports of the same flood, annotate the roles of the police, fire service and council, and write a short paragraph on how the services helped the community.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, examples of tasks LO1.2 and LO1.4, pages 29 and 31; Unit 2, examples of tasks LO2.2 and LO2.3, pages 51 and 52
“Learners read a short case study and describe how the public service sector supported the person or community”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o strategaethau er mwyn dod o hyd i wybodaeth, e.e. cip ddarllen (sgimio) am yr hanfodion, llithr ddarllen (sganio) am fanylion.
Rwy'n gallu dangos fy mod yn deall y prif syniadau a manylion pwysig mewn gwahanol destunau ar yr un pwnc a'u defnyddio.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o strategaethau, e.e. darllen cyflym, darllen agos, anodi, rhagfynegi, i gip ddarllen (sgimio) testunau i gael yr hanfodion, y syniadau a’r themâu allweddol, a’u llithr ddarllen (sganio) am wybodaeth fanwl.
Rwy'n gallu darllen yn fanwl, gwneud gwaith dilynol a defnyddio deunyddiau ychwanegol mewn testunau i ymestyn fy nealltwriaeth.
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Researching information from leaflets and approved websites
Learners find and select information about public service organisations, digital platforms and career pathways from leaflets, posters and approved websites, with support at Entry 3 and independently at Level 1. They then present the information as fact cards, information sheets or pathway maps.
Llythrennedd: Deall, ymateb a dadansoddi
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils read a St John Ambulance or RNLI leaflet and pick out three facts about what the organisation does.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils use two approved websites to find how someone becomes a paramedic and note the main steps in their own words.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils research two public service careers from careers websites and leaflets, sort the information into education, training and volunteering, and make a pathway map for each.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, examples of tasks LO1.1, LO1.3 and LO1.5, pages 28, 30, 32 and 33
“Learners use leaflets, posters or approved websites to find basic information about organisations”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ffynonellau cyfeirio/digidol i ddewis, crynhoi a chyfuno gwybodaeth, gan gyfeirio atyn nhw fel y bo'n briodol.
Rwy'n gallu coladu a gwneud cysylltiadau, e.e blaenoriaethu, categoreiddio, rhwng gwybodaeth a syniadau o wahanol ffynonellau gan gynnwys testunau digidol a chlyweledol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu ymchwilio i amrywiaeth eang o ffynonellau cyfeirio a digidol er mwyn datblygu dealltwriaeth lawn o bwnc neu fater.
Da gwybod
- Learners can show what they know in speech as well as writing: evidence includes "teacher/assessor questioning" with responses "either written or oral", "video/audio recordings" and witness testimonies (Section 3.3, page 59).
- Support is graded by level: Entry 1 learners get "verbal, visual and practical assistance, use of symbols, or assistive technology", Entry 2 learners may use "scaffolded templates", and Level 1 teachers can advise on "planning and structuring their answers" (Section 3.4, page 60).
- The command words rise across the four bands, from Recognise and State at Entry 1 and 2 to Describe and Explain, "using examples", at Entry 3 and Level 1 (assessment criteria, pages 22 to 27 and 45 to 49).
- The example tasks that hold most of the reading, writing and numeracy "are not mandatory" (Section 2.1, page 10), so teachers choose how much extended writing and data work learners do.
- Each learning outcome is marked in points, "Each Entry 1 criteria is allocated 1 point" up to 4 points at Level 1, and Level 1 needs "80% of the total available points" (Section 4.3, page 64).
- Learners meet the importance of literacy and numeracy in the careers content, which names "GCSE English" and "GCSE Maths" among the qualifications needed for some roles (Unit 1, LO1.5, page 18).
- Appendix A (pages 66 and 67) maps Literacy listening to LO1.6, LO1.7, LO2.3 and LO2.4, reading to LO1.1, LO1.3, LO2.1 and LO2.5, speaking to LO1.6, LO1.7, LO2.4 and LO2.5 and writing to LO1.7 and LO2.4. Numeracy is mapped to LO1.7, LO2.4, LO2.3, LO1.3 and LO2.6, with no Unit 1 link for geometry and measurement.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
The specification names VCSE Public Services as the Level 1/2 progression route. The Foundation shares its reading about public services, use of sector vocabulary, written explanations with examples and communication with different audiences. VCSE Public Services steps the literacy up to researching a local wellbeing issue, writing justified recommendations, a project proposal with aims and objectives and an evaluation, and steps the numeracy up sharply to fitness testing against normative data, measuring improvement from a baseline, BMI and resting heart rate, and analysing survey feedback. The reading, writing and discussion of incidents and community issues also build skills for GCSE English Language and Literature and GCSE Social Studies.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC Entry Level/Level 1 Foundation Public Services specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027, for award from 2029 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).