Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Recommendations
The Welsh Government should:
- R1 Continue to work with all partners in the youth work sector to support the development of youth work and youth work training, including leadership capacity
- R2 Continue to work with the EWC and ETS to update and improve the registration arrangements for youth workers to ensure that youth work is treated in the same way as other education professions
- R3 Commission a full skills audit for the sector, to include skills needed by employers and the existing skills of both youth workers and youth support workers registered with the EWC and those who carry out youth work and are not registered
- R4 Investigate the provision of formal apprenticeship routes for the training of youth workers and youth support workers
- R5 Work with the providers of youth work training and other relevant organisations to increase the use of the Welsh language in youth work training.
Providers of youth work training should:
- R6 Make sure that youth workers and students from other professions working with young people have opportunities to train together
- R7 Improve the availability, variety and quality of work placements
Local authorities should:
- R8 Encourage schools to recognise the specialist skills and professional knowledge youth workers bring to supporting the development of the new curriculum
- R9 Support and contribute to the development of courses for the training of statutory and voluntary youth workers, including those in non-education settings
Regional consortia should:
- R10 Explore ways to include youth workers alongside teachers in professional learning and educational leadership training opportunities
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Recommendations
Schools and colleges should:
- R1 Review their curriculum and individual course content to consider how well the teaching of diversity and inclusion, including LGBT issues, is integrated into learning experiences
- R2 Ensure that instances of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying are recorded and that trends are identified and acted upon
- R3 Ensure that all staff engage in regular training in addressing discrimination and promoting diversity, including issues around LGBT people
Local authorities and consortia should:
- R4 Work with external partners to deliver relevant professional learning opportunities for staff in schools across primary and secondary sectors
- R5 Work with primary and secondary schools to ensure progression in relationships and sexuality education between sectors
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Recommendations
Schools and colleges should:
- R1 Strengthen the opportunities for learners to find out more about new subject options such as A level business and social studies subjects before they finalise their subject choices
- R2 Work collaboratively with other schools and colleges to share learning resources, particularly Welsh-medium resources, and to increase professional learning opportunities for teachers of A level business and social studies subjects
- R3 Strengthen monitoring and evaluation processes for A level business and social studies subjects to ensure that teachers and leaders are able to identify strengths and areas for improvement in relation to teaching, learning and assessment
Local authorities and regional consortia should:
- R4 Facilitate increased professional learning opportunities for teachers of A level business and social studies subjects
- R5 Support schools to evaluate the effectiveness of their A level provision and develop targeted improvement plans
The Welsh Government should:
- R6 Address the limited availability of A level Welsh-medium learning resources, including textbooks, in these subjects
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Recommendations
To realise the vision for effective community schools in Wales in a strategic and sustainable way:
Schools should:
- R1 Build strong partnerships with families as an integral part of improving the wellbeing and achievement of all pupils
- R2 Refer clearly in strategic plans to how they will work with families, the community and partners to improve the wellbeing and achievement of all pupils
- R3 Employ family and community engagement staff to work with families, the community and wider partners
- R4 Work with the local authority and with statutory and third-sector partners to provide services that address the needs of families and the community, including co-locating services and utilising school assets
- R5 Evaluate the impact of community school strategies
Local authorities should:
- R6 Include in strategic planning actions on how they will develop authority-wide initiatives to support schools to be effective community schools
- R7 Strengthen cross-directorate working to plan ways of locating a range of services in schools
- R8 Ensure that 21st Century Schools planning considers the need for spaces / base rooms for family and community access
- R9 Support schools to appoint family and community engagement staff, including developing a role description for these staff
- R10 Provide professional learning opportunities for support school staff, governing bodies and strategic partners to develop community schools
The Welsh Government should:
- R11 Develop a set of agreed, defining characteristics for community schools, and consider how schools are classified as ‘community schools’ and how this term is used to identify specific schools
- R12 Promote the benefits of community schools, particularly in areas of disadvantage, with schools, local authorities and regional consortia
- R13 Strengthen the expectation for including actions on family and community engagement in school strategic plans
- R14 Refresh national guidance on community schools, using the Family and Community Engagement Toolkit (FaCE), and provide guidance on how schools can evaluate and improve their community school strategies
- R15 Ensure that 21st Century Schools and Colleges Programme planning, guidance and building standards take into consideration the need for spaces for family and community access