A Guide to Improvement Resources

Information about the school  Ysgol Bro Pedr is a bilingual school that takes pride in the fact that it was one of the first 3-19 schools in Wales and that it is breaking new ground in terms of providing all-through education. Although a number of pupils start at the school at 3 years old, many come … Continued

Information about the school  Ysgol Gyfun Heolddu Comprehensive School is an 11-18 secondary school in Caerphilly County Borough. The school has a pupil population of approximately 740, with 33% pupils eligible for free school meals. The school has experienced a period of significant growth in pupil numbers over the past 5 years, resulting in an increase in staff numbers.  The senior … Continued

Information about the school  Ysgol Gyfun Heolddu Comprehensive School is an 11-18 secondary school in Caerphilly County Borough. The school has a pupil population of approximately 740, with 33% of pupils eligible for free school meals. The school has experienced a period of significant growth in pupil numbers over the past 5 years, resulting in an increase in staff … Continued

Information about the provider  The B-wbl Consortium is a long-established provider of apprenticeships and employability programmes in Wales. This partnership of ten providers, with a shared ethos of continual improvement, works in a culture of collaboration, transparency, openness, and trust, with a vision of achieving excellence. The partnership delivers apprenticeships at foundation apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and higher apprenticeship levels to approximately 4500 learners across a range … Continued

Information about the provider The B-wbl Consortium is a long-established provider of apprenticeships and employability programmes in Wales. This partnership of ten providers, with a shared ethos of continual improvement, works in a culture of collaboration, transparency, openness and trust, with a vision of achieving excellence.  The partnership delivers apprenticeships at foundation apprenticeship, apprenticeship and higher apprenticeship levels to approximately 4500 learners across a range of learning areas.  … Continued

Information about the school/provider  The B-wbl Consortium is a long-established provider of apprenticeships and employability programmes in Wales. This partnership of ten partners, with a shared ethos of continual improvement, works in a culture of collaboration, transparency, openness, and trust, with a vision of achieving excellence. The partnership delivers apprenticeships at foundation apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and higher apprenticeship level to approximately 4500 learners across a range of learning areas.  Context … Continued

Information about the setting  Berriew pre-school is situated in the village of Berriew located on the grounds of Berriew CP school site. It is a committee managed early years setting offering education, childcare and Flying Start provision. The pre-school is registered to care for up to 24 children per session, aged between two and four years and operates Monday to Friday 9.00-3.00 term time only.   The … Continued

Information about the setting  Berriew pre-school is in the village of Berriew on the grounds of Berriew CP school. It is a committee managed early years setting offering education, childcare and Flying Start provision. The pre-school is registered to care for up to 24 children per session, aged between two and four years and operates Monday to Friday between 9.00-3.00 term time only.   The setting is known for its exciting and enticing … Continued

Information about the setting  Allsorts Nursery is an English medium nursery in the village of Crickhowell, Powys. The preschool is situated on the site of Crickhowell Primary School but operates independently in terms of funding and management. The setting provides 2 hours of funded early education per day (9:00-11:00am) as well as childcare provision for both 2- and 3-year-old children.   Context and background to the effective or innovative practice  The setting places strong … Continued

Executive summary Local authorities play a vital role in helping schools plan, manage and use their financial resources. At a time of rising costs, demographic shifts and increasing pressures on school budgets, high-quality local authority support is essential for schools to remain financially stable and able to prioritise resources to meet pupils’ needs. This report … Continued

Executive Summary This thematic report focuses on how effectively schools are developing and embedding approaches to teaching within the Curriculum for Wales. Drawing on inspection evidence, visits to school settings (14 primary schools, 10 secondary schools and one all age school) and stakeholder feedback, it identifies key characteristics of successful practice and areas requiring further … Continued

Executive summary This report examines learner behaviour within further education (FE) colleges across Wales. It focuses on the factors that influence positive and negative behaviours, as well as the variations in behaviour across different learner groups and learning programmes. The report considers how colleges promote positive behaviours and manage negative behaviours, alongside the support and … Continued

To turn on English subtitles, click the CC button Executive summary This report considers how well the funded non-maintained settings, maintained primary, secondary and all-age schools that participated in the review are implementing and embedding aspects of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (ALNET) and the accompanying Additional Learning Needs (ALN) … Continued

Executive Summary This report considers how effective the support and provision provided by early years education providers is at addressing the adverse effects of poverty and disadvantage on early years children. It focuses on how well local authorities and school improvement services support these providers in early years pedagogical approaches and how best to support … Continued

To turn on English subtitles, click the CC button Executive summary This report considers how well schools work together to support pupils’ transition from primary into secondary school. It focuses on how well schools work together to ensure that their curricula and teaching develop pupils’ knowledge, skills, understanding and learning behaviours effectively across transition. It … Continued

To turn on English subtitles, click the CC button Executive summary Following the publication of a report on pupils’ English reading skills from 10-14 years of age by Estyn in May 2023, we set out to produce a report on how Welsh and bilingual schools develop pupils’ Welsh reading skills across the curriculum. In autumn … Continued

This report focuses on the strategies and actions that secondary schools were employing in order to improve pupils’ attendance. It also considers the support provided by local authorities. The report identifies strengths and areas for improvement in practice and the barriers school leaders identified to pupils attending school and therefore improving attendance. It also includes cameos and case studies of effective practice.

This PowerPoint is a way for providers to share the main findings of the report and review their own performance in a particular thematic area. The presentations summarise the report and include questions which providers can consider when looking to improve.