People in Wales are being urged to start the New Year by trying a new skill which could help them take control of their lives and futures.
As part of the Minister's action plan for school improvement the Welsh Government has introduced a national model for PLCs. The national model has been provided to guide practitioners through the process of setting up and running a PLC. Participants who use the national model can effectively identify, engage and collaborate with each other, focusing their efforts on specific improvements in their schools. Ultimately these improvements will raise standards in the three priority areas for Welsh schools; literacy, numeracy and tackling disadvantage.
Education Minister Leighton Andrews has announced Welsh Government incentive grants for postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) courses for the 2012/13 academic year.
Following recent allegations made by the Daily Telegraph about examination standards and confidence in the examinations system, the Minister for Education and Skills, Leighton Andrews, has announced that the WJEC’s Information and Communication Technology GCSE, to be sat on 17th January 2012, will be postponed until March.
The application form and guidance It’s great to stay on top of the latest economic trends, but it’s even better to be ahead of them and see where the labour market is going, not just where it is today. Working Futures 2010 – 2020 does just that… The Welsh Government is seeking to expand and broaden the use of Labour Market intelligence across Wales. This document for the 2011-2012 NPQH Programme are available here.
It’s great to stay on top of the latest economic trends, but it’s even better to be ahead of them and see where the labour market is going, not just where it is today. Working Futures 2010 – 2020 does just that… The Welsh Government is seeking to expand and broaden the use of Labour Market intelligence across Wales. This is the third in a series of regular articles.
The Welsh Government is organising a series of 'Raising School Standards' conferences across Wales. The purpose of these events will be to provide practitioners with an update on progress since 2 February 2011 when the Minister laid out his plans to Raise School Standards. It will also be an opportunity to celebrate best practice. The Minister for Education and Skills will be the key speaker at the first event on 8 March, All Nations Centre, Cardiff. Other dates and venues: 13 March - Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli; 19 or 20 March (tbc) - Merthyr Tydfil and 28 March - Venue Cymru, Llandudno. Please e-mail us to register your interest in attending one of the conferences. A formal invitation and conference programme will then be forwarded to you.
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.
This governor guide focuses on the role and responsibilities of the clerk to the governing body.
The Inaugural Future Directions conference – Graduates For Our Future will run on 26 April 2012 at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham. The focus of the conference will be to showcase and celebrate the first Wales-wide quality enhancement theme – Graduates For Our Future, and its three work strands: Students as Partners; Learning in Employment; and Learning for Employment.
Projected Apprenticeship Framework Success Rates, 2010/11
In the context of a difficult 2011 labour market, this report examines the early educational and labour market transitions made by young people, age 16/17 through to age 18/19.
This report gives an overview of the existing evidence base on class size and education in England. In particular, it considers how class sizes have changed over time; and the impact of the increase in birth rate on pupil numbers and how this could affect the teacher requirement and class sizes; and the impact of class size on educational outcomes.
