The new Foundation Phase assessment and reporting arrangements come into force from the start of the 2011/12 school year. These include on-entry assessments using the Child Development Assessment Profile - copies of which schools received during May - and the end of Phase arrangements which will be introduced in 2011/12. Details can be found in the Foundation Phase statutory assessment and reporting arrangements (SARA) Guidance document which is now available on the Welsh Government website.
Printed copies will be distributed to all schools at the beginning of September. Please note that this version of the SARA replaces the draft version you received with the Profile material. In September schools will also receive a one-off supply of the Child Development Assessment Profile Record Form; an example of which was included in the Profile packs distributed in May.
In a major speech to the Institute of Welsh Affairs in Cardiff, Education Minister Leighton Andrews will today detail progress made on the delivery of his 20 point plan to raise standards and performance across the board in Wales.
This letter provides you with information on the newly developed system of Practice Review and Development for the whole school workforce. The system integrates professional standards, CPD and performance management and explains how it will be implemented across Wales.
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 today.
Out There is a project that celebrates the extraordinary and the obvious and maximises one of the most valuable resources: your own doorstep.
A resource which presents how to sort, search, graph and create a database.
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.
Teachers in Service, Vacancies and Sickness Absence, January 2011
Pupils with Statements of Special Educational Needs, January 2011
The Welsh Government and providers of schools with a religious character (commonly known as faith schools) set out in this document our shared understanding of the very positive contribution such schools make to the publicly funded system of education in Wales.
This report looks at how well schools are responding to the duties introduced by the Disability Discrimination Act 2006. Press Release; Estyn report and Welsh Government response
