Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate UCAS Tariff points
Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate grades and UCAS points, scored on the same scale as an A level from A* 56 to E 16, and how universities treat it.
Grade and points
Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate
| Grade | Points |
|---|---|
| A* | 56 |
| A | 48 |
| B | 40 |
| C | 32 |
| D | 24 |
| E | 16 |
The values on this page are reproduced from the UCAS Tariff tables for 2024 entry onwards. UCAS can add or revise entries between cycles, so before relying on a figure for an application, confirm it on ucas.com and read the entry requirements of the course itself.
How Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate is scored
The Skills Challenge Certificate is the graded part of the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate and is scored exactly like an A level. The wider Baccalaureate, which also needs GCSE English or Welsh and maths plus two A levels, does not carry points of its own.
Some universities count it in full towards a points offer, some treat it as an alternative to a third A level, and a few do not count it. Welsh applicants should check each course.
Add it to your total
The calculator includes this qualification as a type you can add, alongside anything else you hold. If your other qualifications are Level 3 diplomas from OTHM or Qualifi, they will show as adding nothing, because they carry no Tariff points; the routes page explains what they lead to instead.
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