Education Minister Leighton Andrews will see how almost £6m capital funding from the Welsh Assembly Government has helped transform education facilities in North Wales.
This publication provides 10 in-service training (INSET) activities focusing on the teaching of writing in all subjects across the curriculum at Key Stages 2 and 3.
This publication provides 10 in-service training (INSET) activities focusing on the teaching of higher-order reading skills in all subjects across the curriculum at Key Stages 2 and 3.
Schools should provide opportunities, where appropriate, for learners aged 11–19 to develop their awareness of careers and the world of work and how their studies contribute to their readiness for a working life.
'Skills and learning in Careers and the world of work' highlights those statements or sections in the learning outcomes for careers and the world of work that provide explicit opportunities for developing thinking, communication, ICT and number.
Education Minister Leighton Andrews has welcomed the appointment of Dr Emyr Roberts as the new Director General within the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS).
20 October 2010 is the first ever World Statistics Day, and an opportunity to focus on the importance of statistics in our world. Stats4Schools provides lesson plans bringing statistics to life. Want to find out about statistics on Wales? Then visit the main source of statistics on Wales through the Welsh Assembly Government.
An all-Wales information literacy project aims to ensure that Wales receives the social, economic and educational benefits of a fully information literate population.
It’s almost one year before the world’s biggest skills competition takes place. There are three key steps every school or college can take now to start getting prepared: Save the date of WorldSkills London 2011 by adding it to your school calendar or college prospectus, register for updates to receive details of your free education resources and forward and share this information with your colleagues.
A visit to one national establishment in a day would be enough for the majority of schools, but not for four schools in Ceredigion and Powys.
This evaluation report assesses the impact of Cymorth on partnership capacity building, preventative service delivery and its influence on the delivery of mainstream services.
This survey set out to determine the benefits of employers’ involvement in government-funded work-related education and training, to identify the features of good practice and the ways in which the provision could be further improved.
Following completion of the Sector Skills Council relicensing process in early 2010, the UK Commission committed to undertake an evaluation of the SSC Relicensing process.
Research by NFER found that in the first new school building to open, pupil attitudes to school and the school environment improved substantially. However, to date no research has been published on attendance and attainment outcomes for young people. This article suggests that whilst at this stage attainment at BSF schools is not yet improving at the rate possibly expected at the start of the programme, there are potentially some early signs of improved attendance.
