The A-levels and GNVQs are to change in an effort to broaden the courses for lower sixth pupils to get away from the traditional narrow specialisation at A-level.
The new Welsh Bac involves a core of subjects such as communication and numeracy skills and European awareness, with optional subjects from courses already on offer such as A-levels and GNVQs.
There have been General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQs) with the same name, though the full awards were passed by only about 2, 000 students a year around the UK - almost all boys.
In the tables, we are also offering the option of seeing which institutions have performed best in Advanced GNVQs, to reflect the long-standing concern that ranking institutions by A level results automatically disadvantages further education colleges, which tend to have a more vocational, less academic focus.