In a major speech to the Institute of Welsh Affairs in Cardiff, Education Minister Leighton Andrews detailed progress made on the delivery of his 20 point plan to raise standards and performance across the board in Wales. Press release, Minister’s speech and Written Statement - Raising Schools Standards
A new statutory National Literacy and Numeracy Framework for all learners aged 5 to 14 is to be introduced in schools across Wales, Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, announced.
This consultation is seeking your views on proposals to revise the School Teacher Appraisal (Wales) Regulations 2002. Following a review of Professional Standards, CPD and Performance Management we are aiming to develop one simple, consistent system where professional standards, performance management and professional development work together.
Education Minister, Leighton Andrews has published a One Year On report, which marks the completion of the Front Line Resources Review. This report sets out what has been done and what actions will now follow. The Minister has also published a response to the report on the structure of education services in Wales. Minister’s statement and associated information.
The ‘Developing thinking skills and assessment for learning’ programme, aims to support teachers in helping pupils how to learn, rather than what to learn. It was piloted in 2005 and since then has been rolled out across nearly all local authorities, involving 870 teachers. Press release, Estyn report and the WG response
The Deputy Minister for Skills, Jeff Cuthbert, has outlined the importance to the economy of developing computer skills amongst young people.
Libraries across Wales will be welcoming children to this year’s circus-themed Summer Reading Challenge that will keep them reading throughout the school summer holidays.
A Carmarthenshire student has been selected to take part in a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent the UK at WorldSkills London 2011.
A series of composing and appraising activities to support the teaching of music.
A Flash based interactive resource for the learning and teaching of Biochemistry topics.
The Education and Skills Act 2008 legislated to increase the age of compulsory participation in education or training to age 18 by 2015. Isos Partnership were commissioned to look at how effectively local areas were developing and implementing their approaches to RPA and to capture emerging practice, which could be shared amongst the trials as well as with other LAs.
London Economics were commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to undertake acomprehensive analysis of the economic benefits associated with higher education qualifications.
This report presents an examination of the accuracy of the A level grades predicted for applicants to start HE in 2009.
The Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education (EPPSE 3-16) research project is a large scale, longitudinal, mixed-methods research that is following the progress of 3000 children since 1997 from the age of 3 to 16 years old. A focus for EPPSE has been the extent to which pre-school, compulsory education and children's home learning experiences (HLE) can reduce inequality.
Korea tops a new OECD PISA survey that tests how 15-year olds use computers and the Internet to learn. Students from 16 OECD countries took part.
