Curriculum Council for Wales

Before 1988, curriculum matters in Wales were dealt with by specific Welsh sub-committees of the School Curriculum Development Committee, and by the Secondary Examinations Council. The CCW was financed by grant-in-aid provided by the Welsh Office.

In April 1994, under the Education Act 1993, CCW became the Awdurdod Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales).^[2] The Authority inherited all the CCW functions. .In addition, it also became responsible for ensuring quality of the general and vocational qualifications, and to support the teaching of Welsh language and other subjects through the medium of Welsh. Responsibility for the teaching of other subjects passed to the Authority in 1995.

In 1997, the Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales was taken over by the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales. Set up under the Education Act 1997,^[3] the new authority took over responsibility for the accreditation of all vocational qualifications in Wales except for National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs). This function was shared with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, which reserved the right to make formal accreditation of NVQs.^[4][5]

 This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: "Records of the Curriculum Council for Wales and the Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales". Retrieved 16 February 2017.