As reported by BBC news, most schools in Wales that appointed new teachers to cut infant class sizes say they will not be able to keep them when a government grant ends A progress report [read more]
As reported by BBC news, free breakfasts could be made available to secondary school pupils from poorer families The Welsh government said a £450,000 pilot scheme starting in September would provide an extra allowance for [read more]
As reported by BBC news, a head teacher who led Aberystwyth’s Plascrug Community School which celebrates pupils’ cultural and ethnic backgrounds has been recognised in the New Year Honours Menna Sweeney has been appointed MBE [read more]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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