A Guide to Improvement Resources

Information about the school/provider:  Y Pant Comprehensive School in Rhondda Cynon Taf, is an English-medium school with 1444 pupils, 1178 of whom are of statutory school age. 1.1% of pupils speak English as an additional language. Around 9.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is below the national average, and around 12.7% … Continued

Information about the school/provider:  Y Pant Comprehensive School in Rhondda Cynon Taf, is an English-medium school with 1444 pupils, 1178 of whom are of statutory school age. 1.1% of pupils speak English as an additional language. Around 9.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is below the national average, and around 12.7% … Continued

Information about the school/provider  Bishopston Comprehensive School is an English-medium 11 to 16 mixed comprehensive school situated in the Gower near Swansea. There are 1128 pupils on roll, with 6.12% of pupils being eligible for free school meals. Most of the school’s pupils speak English as their first language and most come from a white British background. Very few … Continued

Information about the school/provider  Bishopston Comprehensive School is an English-medium 11 to 16 mixed comprehensive school situated in the Gower, near Swansea. There are 1128 pupils on roll, with 6.12% of pupils being eligible for free school meals. Most of the school’s pupils speak English as their first language and most come from a white British background.  Very … Continued

Information about the school  Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Rhydywaun opened in September 1995. It serves children and young people in the Cynon Valley and Merthyr Tydfil. There are 1,026 pupils at the school, along with 118 in the sixth form. Twelve point one per cent (12.1%) of pupils are eligible for free school meals.   Context and … Continued

Information about the school  Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Rhydywaun opened in September 1995. It serves children and young people in the Cynon Valley and Merthyr Tydfil. There are 1,026 pupils at the school, along with 118 in the sixth form. Twelve point one per cent (12.1%) of pupils are eligible for free school meals.   Context and … Continued

Information about the school/provider Ysgol David Hughes is a bilingual secondary school that serves the south of Anglesey. There are 1,097 pupils at the school and 11.0% are eligible for free school meals. The vision of the school’s leaders is to provide the best and most relevant bilingual education for all pupils indiscriminately and to … Continued

Information about the school  Bryntirion Comprehensive School is an English – medium 11-18 school maintained by Bridgend County Borough Council, located on the western side of Bridgend. The school motto “Dysgwn Sut i Fyw” (We Will Learn How to Live) encompasses the traditional values that inspire the pupils – learning together, through mutual respect and … Continued

Information about the school/provider The College Merthyr Tydfil is a general further education college offering a wide range of vocational and general education programmes. The college’s campus at Ynysfach in Merthyr Tydfil town centre opened in September 2013 following a tertiary reorganisation within the local authority. The college is a subsidiary of the University of … 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.

This report considers the delivery of Essential Skills Wales (ESW) qualifications in Welsh Government-funded apprenticeships in Wales. Essential Skills Wales are a suite of qualifications intended to develop and confirm learners’ communication, application of number and digital literacy skills. Apprentices – unless they already have certain qualifications which allow exemption – are required to attain specified ESW qualifications to achieve their full apprenticeship framework.