Establishing a vision and ensuring high quality teaching and learning – preparing for the Curriculum for Wales

Approaching the Curriculum for Wales

We’ve been fully involved throughout the development of the Curriculum for Wales. We have recently published our pilot inspection framework to explain how we will inspect schools during this transition phase and following September 2022.

Prior to the pandemic, we visited a number of secondary, special and all-age schools and, as a result, published our thematic report, Preparing for the Curriculum for Wales. It focuses on how well all-age secondary and special schools are preparing for the Curriculum for Wales.

The report highlights strengths and barriers that we identified during this engagement with schools and provides case studies and cameos that highlight how different schools are approaching this reform.

In the report, we highlighted the importance of establishing a vision for teaching and learning, and the need to ensure that teaching remains high quality. We spoke about that vision being in the context of pupils and school community, and the importance of that vision being fully understood and shared by everyone. We also highlighted the importance of improving teaching as an important enabler to curriculum reform. 

In September, we hosted the second in a series of webinars which focused on these two aspects. This webinar considered approaches that schools have taken to develop their vision for the curriculum and to improve teaching and learning. We were joined by the leaders of four schools from across Wales that were willing to share their experiences as they address these specific aspects of their journey.
 

The aim of sharing these findings and experiences is to help school leaders and teachers to take this opportunity to reflect on their approaches as they develop their Curriculum for Wales.

For further insight on our Preparing for the Curriculum for Wales thematic report, see our extended blog on the Welsh Government’s Curriculum for Wales blog.