GCSEs are available in a Short Course version, covering fewer topics and designed to take only half the study time of a full GCSE. Courses include:
- art and design
- business studies
- citizenship studies
- design and technology
- electronics
- geography
- history
- information and communication
- technology
- modern foreign languages
- music
- physical education
- religious studies
- Welsh as a second language.
A GCSE Short Course counts as half a GCSE and may be taught over one or two years.