Wales: Welsh Bacc & SFW Grant Visualizer

Value your Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales in UCAS tariff points and model the distinctive Student Finance Wales grant-to-loan maintenance split for 2025/26.

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Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales / Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate grade

The Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales (from 2025) is equivalent in size and demand to one A level on the UCAS tariff.

Where will you live during term-time?

At home with parents

Away (outside London)

Away (in London)

SFW caps maintenance support differently for each location, with London receiving the highest combined package.

Annual household income (GBP)

Maximum grant applies when household income is £18,370 or less. The grant tapers to zero around £59,200; above that you can still take the minimum loan.

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Total Maintenance Package

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Welsh Bacc UCAS Tariff --

Welsh Government Grant (non-repayable) --

Maintenance Loan (repayable) --

Grant share of total package --

Welsh students uniquely receive a guaranteed minimum non-repayable grant of £1,000 regardless of income.

How It Works

The Welsh Grant-First Model (2025/26)

Wales is the only UK nation that guarantees a substantial non-repayable Welsh Government Learning Grant on top of a maintenance loan. SFW caps the total maintenance package and adjusts the grant-to-loan split based on household income.

• At home: up to £10,480 total — max grant £6,885
• Away (outside London): up to £12,345 — max grant £8,100
• Away (London): up to £15,415 — max grant £10,124
• Maximum grant when household income ≤ £18,370; grant tapers to a guaranteed minimum of £1,000 at higher incomes.

Welsh Bacc UCAS Tariff Mapping

The Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales (from Summer 2025, replacing the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate) is graded A*–E and sits on the standard UCAS tariff at exactly the same value as one A-level: A*=56, A=48, B=40, C=32, D=24, E=16 points.

Many Welsh universities (e.g. Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth) explicitly accept it as the third subject in a 3-A-level offer. English Russell Group universities vary — always check the specific course offer wording.

Student Finance Wales: Full-time Funding Rates GOV.WALES: Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales