Head used school funds for staff Christmas party
As reported by the BBC, Conwy head teacher Wendy Rowlands used school funds intended for pupils for a staff party, a tribunal has been told Rowlands also used the fund to pay for a hotel [read more]
Wales
NEU Cymru welcomes review into cost of schooling
Education minister Kirsty Williams announced last week that there would be a review into the cost of schooling in Wales Leading education economist Luke Sibieta will take forward an analysis of how total spending, and [read more]
ASCL comments on APPG knife crime report
The Association of School and College Leaders have commented on the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) report on knife crime which said that being excluded from school is often the “tipping point” that leads to children [read more]
GCSEs should be scrapped, says Future Generations Commissioner
As reported by the BBC, Sophie Howe, the Future Generations Commissioner, told BBC Sunday Politics Wales that GCSEs are no longer fit for purpose Howe suggested that GCSEs should be scrapped for more skills-bases assessments [read more]
Double earnings threshold for free schools meal, says Welsh assembly members
As reported by the BBC, members of The National Assembly for Wales (AMs) have said that the earnings threshold for families entitled to free school meals (FSM) should double in 2020 Under the current system, [read more]
Could Wales’s new curriculum widen the achievement gap?
As reported by the BBC, some education leaders and teachers are concerned that the new curriculum in Wales could, in fact, worsen the achievement gap Wales’s new school curriculum may broaden the achievement gap yet [read more]
Welsh school to cut access to school services if food debts remain unpaid
As reported by North Wales Live, one school has horrified parents by threatening to cut school services for pupils that don’t pay their bills for snacks Parents of Ysgol y Foryd pupils have been left [read more]
Last school in Wales to have broadband gets wish fulfilled
As reported by the BBC, the last school in Wales without broadband is set to finally receive fibre optic internet as of September this year The last school in Wales without broadband is about to [read more]
New website shows funding cuts for individual Welsh schools
A new website has been launched and allows people to search for funding information on individual schools in Wales As reported by Wales Online, a new website has been launched to show funding fluctuations for [read more]
Are school test concerns too much for six and seven-year-olds?
Wales’s children’s commissioner is questioning whether tests at six and seven years old are too much, following a survey of 7,000 children As reported by the BBC, the children’s commissioner for Wales, Sally Holland, has [read more]