A Guide to Improvement Resources

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

Information about the setting  Alphabet Playgroup is a preschool located in the grounds of Undy Primary School. They are predominately an English-speaking setting registered to care for children aged 2.5 to 4 years. The provider  always love introducing children to the Welsh language, so when the opportunity arose to introduce a new language that every child could access, they embraced it!  Context … Continued

Information about the school/provider Croesyceiliog School is an 11-16 co-educational secondary school that is situated in Cwmbran and serves a wide catchment across the Torfaen Local Authority. There are 1195 pupils on roll, 19% of whom are eligible for free school meals. 5.9% of pupils are on the ALN register.  Context and background to the … Continued

Information about the school/provider The Maelor School is an English-medium 11-18 mixed comprehensive school. The school is situated in the village of Penley to the southeast of Wrexham. There are 777 pupils on roll, including 103 in the sixth form. The percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals is 10.7%. The percentage of pupils … Continued

Information about the school Olchfa School is a large, English medium, 11-18 mixed comprehensive school situated in a suburban area to the west of Swansea. There are 1,907 pupils on roll, with 466 in the sixth form.  Around 12.02% of pupils between Years 7 and 11 receive free school meals. Around 40% of pupils are … Continued

Information about the school Olchfa School is a large, English medium, 11-18 mixed comprehensive school situated in a suburban area to the west of Swansea. There are 1,907 pupils on roll, with 466 in the sixth form.  Around 12.02% of pupils between Years 7 and 11 receive free school meals. Around 40% of pupils are … Continued

Information about Provider Cae’r Ffair is a Day Nursery located in the village of Gorslas, Carmarthenshire. It is a Welsh medium nursery providing high quality preschool childcare and education for the last 22 years. The setting offers a warm, nurturing environment where children are supported to develop emotionally, socially and cognitively through high-quality play experiences. Its practice is built on innovative leadership, … 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.