‘…In my written statement in September, I provided an update on progress towards developing a national system of school banding and said I would return to this as work progresses. I want to do that now and also update you on the work of the School Standards Unit.‘
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has been adopted by the Welsh Government and since May 2011 Wales has become the first country in the UK to enshrine the UNCRC into domestic law. What about running some training activities to raise awareness of the UNCRC in your school? You can find lots of interactive activities on Pupil Voice Wales and the Let’s Get it Right web site.
The purpose of this non-statutory guidance is to help head teachers and governing bodies to set out their policies on charging and remission for school activities and school visits.
School-based Counselling is an integral part of school provision in Wales, according to an independent evaluation report from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Press release and final report
One-day courses providing an introduction to Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and explaining their importance to school development will run in Caernarfon on November 22nd Swansea on December 13th.
Student Finance Wales Day is a national day dedicated to explaining the changes to student finance in Wales for 2012/13 higher education students. We have developed a toolkit to help you communicate to your audiences the changes to student finance.
This document is designed to assist teachers to recognise and promote higher-order mathematical skills within Key Stage 3 and through to Key Stage 4.
In addition to the offer of free tickets, we are offering 212 Get Set network schools the opportunity to nominate a 12-year-old student to run with the Olympic Flame. Join the Get Set network before 16 December 2011 to be in with the chance to nominate one of your students. Join now
You can claim your free tickets to the Games through the London 2012 Ticketshare initiative or ensure that your students have the chance to experience the magic of the Games by submitting your school's Get Set network application form today. Find out more and submit your application
This circular provides information on the plans for the 2012 National Student Survey (NSS). It also provides further information about outcomes from earlier surveys and general features of the survey.
The unit contains a presentation and an interactive experiment which supports KS3 learners as they complete a scientific enquiry.
This resource supports the learning and practicing of French grammar and structures, suitable for pupil study up to GCSE and other qualifications.
The main aims of the evaluation were to assess the impact of the Diplomas on learners – in terms of attainment of qualifications and progression to further (FE) and higher education (HE) and to review the implementation and delivery systems of Diplomas.
The study has assessed how to track young people and adults into Apprenticeships, through their training (including into any subsequent learning), and then into employment, in order to gauge the extent to which their future earnings and employment status (as well as other outcomes including progression to further learning, job satisfaction, acquisition of skills and mobility between jobs) were influenced by the completion of an Apprenticeship.
