DfES is committed to achieving excellence in the way we communicate and engage with you. As a result of the 2010 Stakeholder Survey, we have developed a very short feedback form to explore your perceptions of our strengths and weaknesses and whether perceptions vary across sectors, so that we can identify and target any improvements that we need to make. Please take a few minutes to fill in this confidential short form.
A new £75m Welsh Government scheme will create 4,000 new jobs a year in Wales for the next three years, the First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones, has announced.
A £15m scheme to help over 10,500 workers in South West Wales gain new skills and drive forward productivity in the workplace has been announced today by Deputy Minister for Skills, Jeff Cuthbert.
Please find attached a PowerPoint presentation with supporting speaking notes that can be used by schools, local authorities and stakeholder groups to raise awareness of the banding process.
The School Governors’ Annual Reports (Wales) Regulations 2011 came into force in September 2011. They include some new categories of information to be published in the governors’ annual report to parents. More information can be found on page 19 of the Regulations about report school and pupil information: concise guidance
This document contains a strategy and approaches to inspecting literacy in further education and work-based learning. It brings together all the separate bits of guidance and support from previous surveys on reading and writing skills as well as guidance on inspecting skills.
Are you are a primary or secondary school teacher, FE lecturer or WBL trainer and would like to improve your written and oral Welsh language skills? How about attending a distance learning course with a residential element accredited at level 6 by Bangor University? The course is free and the Welsh Government will pay for supply cover, travel costs and hotel accommodation. The course will run from between 9 January and 30 March 2012. Closing date for registrations is 4th November. For further information call 01443 663770 or e-mail sabbaticalscheme@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Would you like a trained peer assessor to help with your internal inspection? ColegauCymru holds a database with details of 169 experienced post-16 sector Peer Assessors. All registered staff have recently completed the Peer Assessor Training programme and can be used by providers within further education, workbased learning and community learning sectors. Providers should contact hello@collegeswales.ac.uk to identify suitable individuals.
This circular gives the initial teacher training intake targets for the sector for 2012/13.
The FILMCLUB project, supported by the Welsh Government, helps schools to set up film clubs. This special edition of the FILMCLUB magazine focuses on Wales, including articles on films from Wales, or with a Welsh connection, and profiles of Welsh actors.
The Welsh Financial Education Unit (WFEU) set out a two-year programme of work for 2009-2011. Following an independent evaluation of the Unit’s progress, the Minister for Education and Skills has agreed that WFEU will continue to operate, to help embed financial embed education in schools. Information on a 19 month secondment opportunity as an 11-19 specialist within WFEU is available here. The closing date for receipt of applications is 28 October 2011. There is also an opportunity for a Welsh Financial Education Unit Secondee – Primary specialist.
A series of resources looking at Flintshire during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
There are 5 problems created in PowerPoint and each question gives students a helping hand, pointers or clues on how to tackle the problem. Answers are also provided.
An Ofsted report has identified the factors which have helped colleges improve the quality of their science provision, or maintain high standards, and makes recommendations for further improvement.
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) aims to compare the abilities of pupils across participating OECD member states and partner countries to analyse, reason and communicate their ideas affectively.
