Centres & Training providers
Since September 2019, City & Guilds/WJEC has been the sole provider of a new suite of fundable Health and Social Care, and Childcare qualifications across Wales.
If you wish to deliver one or more of our health, social care and childcare qualifications, you will need to apply for approval.
If you're applying to deliver GCSE, AS and A level qualifications, then you should follow WJEC’s standard process for centre approval. More information on this can be found here.
Please note: Centres currently registered with WJEC to deliver GCSE, AS and A Level qualifications do not need to apply for additional approval to offer the GCSE, AS or A Level qualifications in this suite.
To deliver any of our other qualifications in this suite you can apply using these three easy steps:
- Download an Application Form
- Take a look at our guidance document for completing the application
- Email your application form to us via approval@hclw.wales
If you have any queries on the delivery of these qualifications, then please read our FAQs document which is full of helpful information on the approval process.
We have also created a useful Introduction to Working with City & Guilds/WJEC guide, which should provide you with all of the necessary information you require to administer the new health and social and childcare qualifications in Wales.
The Assessment and Quality Assurance Centre Guide is available here.
Please click here for details on where you can find the information on assessor staffing requirements in each of the HSC CC approved qualification specifications.
A blank template of the candidate matrix can be found here. Please ensure this is submitted to your EQA and hclw.quality 30 days prior to the activity and includes all the relevant information.
How to book your EQA activity for the Level 2 and 3 CCPLD Practice and Theory Qualifications:
- Agree with your EQA when your external quality assurance activity will take place (January, April, June/July or July/August)
- Enter your learners and submit your results within the relevant entry period (also referred to as Windows).
It can take up to 3 working days for your entries to be processed and learners to appear on the Internal Assessment Marks Input System (IAMIS) for you to be able to enter your results.
We recommend you enter your learners at least 7 days before the window closes to allow sufficient time for you to input learner results and for these to be viewed by your EQA prior to the visit. Please submit your final outcomes in a timely manner so your EQA can view your submission.
Remember: When entering learners via WJEC base data, you need to look for the corresponding base data title indicated below.
Window and Base Data Title | Entry Period (Window) Open | Entry Period (Window) Close | EQA Visit |
1 (November 2023) | 11th September 2023 | 21st December 2023 | January 2024 |
2 (January 2024) | 5th February 2024 | 29th March 2024 | April 2024 |
3 (June 2024) | 6th May 2024 | 26th July 2024 | June/July 2024 |
4 (August 2024) | 8th July 2024 | 29th August 2024 | July/August 2024 |
Window and Base Data Title | Entry Period (Window) Open | Entry Period (Window) Close | EQA Visit |
1 (November 2024) | 9th September 2024 | 20th December 2024 | January 2025 |
2 (January 2025) |
3rd February 2025 | 28th March 2025 | April 2025 |
3 (June 2025) | 5th May 2025 | 25th July 2025 | June/July 2025 |
4 (August 2025) | 14th July 2025 | 5th September 2025 | July/August 2025 |
Get in touch
City & Guilds Quality Team
approval@hclw.wales
0300 303 5352
WJEC Centre Support
approval@hclw.wales
02920 265 077