This statutory guidance aims to provide details about how the Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 will work in practice to benefit 14-19 young people, the economy and communities in Wales.
This consultation seeks your views on the proposed Education Maintenance Allowance Wales Scheme 2010. The period of consultation will last for 8 weeks and will close on 4 June 2010.
The aims of the survey were to obtain data relating to levels of satisfaction and details of the experience of learners in DCELLS funded provision across Wales, review trends in learner satisfaction over time and highlight priorities for action.
The Pupil Voice Wales web provides information on what pupil participation is, why it’s important, and how it can make things better for everyone in school. The closing date is 30 July 2010. Find out more and how to enter.
This conference, which is the first of its kind in Wales, is being delivered by Children in Wales, Welsh Local Government Association and Save the Children and with the support of the End Child Poverty Network Cymru and Welsh Assembly Government.
The National Agreement was introduced to help headteachers, all other teachers and support staff work together to improve standards and tackle workload issues for all teachers in our schools.
At the successful launch of skillcymru in January by Carwyn Jones the First Minister said “skillscymru is an exiting event that leads the way and is a key strand in our strategy to offset a recessionary rise in unemployment.” Your attendance is vital for you to encourage and inspire your students and pupils to explore skills and opportunities available to them in Wales.
The percentage of young, full-time, first degree students entering HE from state schools or colleges in 2008/09 was 93.2 per cent (88.5 per cent for UK HEIs). The percentage of young full-time first degree entrants from low socio-economic backgrounds (NS-SEC Classes 4-7) was 32.5 per cent in 2008/09. The UK comparable figure was 32.3 per cent.
(First Choice Project Speakers will include: Rachel Trezise, award-winning novelist: ‘Daring to Dream’ and Andrew Davies A.M. formerly Minister for Economic Development & Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery. For further information, please contact Eirwen Hopkins.
22.2% of young people aged eight to sixteen say they enjoy reading very much and 28.4% say they enjoy it quite a lot. 39.2% say they like it a bit and 10.2% say they do not enjoy reading at all. 66% of adults believe that the ability to read, write and communicate is a fundamental right in modern society.
On 11 March 2010, the Cabinet Office Advisor on Third Sector Innovation published a report (The role of the third sector: personalisation of education and learning services) which highlights the third sector’s role in the design and delivery of personalised public services, that is services which are much more responsive and closely attuned to the individual’s need, in contrast to the adoption of a ‘one size fits all’ approach.
In September 2008, Becta commissioned the NFER to conduct a large-scale, independent survey of learners’ uses of new technologies. The research produced a wide array of findings about learner’s e-access, e-maturity and e-security.
A new study by the National Literacy Trust* of 17,089 pupils aged from eight to 16 has revealed that almost one-third (32.3%) of boys agree with the statement ‘I can’t find anything to read that interests me’.
