Education Sector

All-age

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All-age

We celebrate the successes, highlight areas for improvement and focus on what’s important for learners in all-age schools.

Explore tailored advice and tools created for those working in all-age schools.

More information about our work is available below.

Our approach

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Ways to improve

Estyn are here to help you. Explore our vast wealth of cross-sector improvement resources.

Poverty and disadvantage

Featured All-age resources

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Local Authority support for Schools to manage their budgets

Teaching the Curriculum for Wales

Sgwrs Podcast: Towards an Anti-Racist Wales

Sgwrs Podcast: Curriculum for Wales

Thematic report - The additional learning needs system

Thematic Report: Developing pupils’ Welsh reading skills from 10-14 years of age

The impact of the whole school approach to remove barriers to learning.

The leadership of effective school support for disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils

The new additional learning needs system - training materials

This PowerPoint is a way for providers to share the main findings of the report and review their own performance...

The new Additional Learning Needs system

This thematic report is written in response to a request for advice from the Minister for Education and the Welsh...

Inspection guidance resources

These handbooks are valuable resources to gain insights into the standards and methodologies employed during inspections.

How we inspect What we inspect

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Latest articles

Blog posts and news articles relating to the All-age sector.

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Local authority support helps schools manage finances but strategic planning needs strengthening

HMCI highlights excellent practice, but calls for improvement in literacy levels and greater consistency in teaching quality and leadership.

Survey on the use of AI in schools and PRUs

A focus on mathematics at Estyn - A blog by Estyn inspector Gari Jones

Secondary Maths Roadshow: Unlocking potential in mathematics teaching and leadership

Schools in Wales explore benefits and challenges of AI, but call for clear national approach

Estyn Live: Teaching the Curriculum for Wales

Schools must prioritise high-quality teaching to realise Curriculum for Wales aims

New report shows promise for international languages in Welsh schools despite challenges

Estyn Live: Promoting positive behaviour in secondary schools

Inspection and report schedule

Latest inspection reports

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Inspection schedule

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