TEC Wales has extensive experience of supporting home educated children and young people to gain accredited qualifications and units.

Programmes are:

• Accredited

• Inclusive

• Flexible

• Innovative

• Tailored to individual ability, interest and aspiration

• Designed to fit home based learning

• Matched to the level of the individual (stage not age)

• Delivered using a diverse range of teaching and assessment methods

• Based on continual assessment (portfolio, not exam based)

• Suitable for children from the age of 11

Learning programmes can be structured to ensure that individuals can work towards gaining the maximum credits to ensure GCSE equivalencies.

Examples of Qualifications and Units

To access a qualification:

• Select a hyperlink on the right hand side

• Select the relevant level

• Scroll down and click on ‘show/hide units’

• Click on the ‘unit code’ to access individual units

Learning Core (see table below for GCSE equivalencies)
Personal and Social Education    
Work Related Education   
Young People’s Participation  
Wales, Europe and the World    
Learning in the Outdoors  
Skills for Further Study
Skills for Independence  
Learning in the Outdoors
Environmental Awareness 
Supporting Adults and Young People in Essential Skills
Essential Skills for Work and Life  
Employability   
Work Related Education
Exploring Vocations Qualifications
Personal Skills Development through Physical Activities
Mental Health and Wellbeing   
Community Development   
Catering and Hospitality  
Equine Care
Animal Care
Cooking  
Cake Decorating
Personal money management
Managing a budget YPP
Budgeting and planning finances
Monitoring and managing home finances
Settling in and maintaining a tenancy 
Cycle maintenance (level one)
Cycle maintenance (level two) 
Cycling - community ride leader training
Risk management for the delivery of cycle training