The primary aim of the Skills Challenge is to enable learners to develop and demonstrate an understanding of and proficiency in essential and employability skills:
The Skills Challenge is made up of the following components:
Individual Project: 50%
Enterprise and Employability Challenge: 20%
Global Citizenship Challenge: 15%
Community Challenge: 15%
By adding personal development skills to academic study, the Skills challenge helps students to achieve more. It makes them better equipped for the world of work, better informed and more active citizens. Learners will become better prepared for further and higher education, as well as employment.
For learners hoping to continue their study in Whitchurch High School's Sixth Form, the Skills Challenge counts towards the entry requirement of a minimum of 6 A*-C GCSEs.
We have worked to ensure that the Skills Challenge qualification will facilitate pupil progress at a pivotal time in their education. The structure for delivery of the qualification integrates well with the other courses that students opt to follow and provides greater opportunities for group and individual support.
The selection of comments from past learners below should help to give you a flavour of why we consider this qualification to be so important and beneficial to our students:
“A surprisingly enjoyable course which has given me skills to carry into sixth form and the workplace”
“It helped build my confidence in working with others inside and outside of school”
“I think the Individual project has really helped me to prepare for sixth form and University when I get there. I don’t feel scared about writing a dissertation now!”
For further information, please contact:
Mrs S Thompson (Curriculum Lead for Skills, EPQ and SWEET)