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]
The Welsh government has announced details of the new school curriculum, which will see traditional topics replaced by areas of learning and experience As reported by Sky News, Welsh schools are set to replace traditional [read more]
As reported by the South Wales Argus, Caerphilly locals are concerned about the proposed introduction of a new Welsh-medium school New plans to build a Welsh language school in Cwmcarn have caused concern. After the [read more]
Research by an economist shows that per pupil funding in Wales is set to fall by almost a tenth New research has shown that per pupil funding in Wales has fallen by almost a tenth [read more]
Children in Wales could lose out on free school meals because of Universal Credit, according to the Daily Post Changes in benefit rules in Wales may mean that pupils who would normally be entitled to [read more]
Welsh schools have seen a rise in Gypsy, Roma and traveller pupils attending and doing better in exams As reported by the BBC, more children from Gypsy, traveller and Roma families in Wales are going [read more]
As reported by the BBC, the introduction of Wales’s new school curriculum will coincide with an increase in Estyn inspections Wales’s new school curriculum will coincide with schools being inspected more often, as of September [read more]
A group of councillors in Wales have stated that the stigma around free school meals could be removed entirely if they were made available for everybody, according to the BBC Councillors in Wales have stated [read more]
Welsh will no longer be classed as a second language in English-medium schools, new proposals say New proposals in Wales will see Welsh no longer classed as a second language in English-medium schools. These schools, [read more]
As reported by the BBC, education leaders in Wales have responded to the draft of the new curriculum with scathing criticism The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) and the Association of Directors of Education in [read more]
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