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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.

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Whole-school strategy to improve pupils’ reading skills

Developing respect and understanding: The quality and impact of relationships and sexuality education in schools and pupil referral units

Teaching and Learning Science: Teaching for understanding in science classrooms

Adapt provision according to individual requirements in ‘Canolfan y Bont’

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

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Featured All-age resources

Whole-school strategy to improve pupils’ reading skills

Developing respect and understanding: The quality and impact of relationships and sexuality education in schools and pupil referral units

Teaching and Learning Science: Teaching for understanding in science classrooms

Adapt provision according to individual requirements in ‘Canolfan y Bont’

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

Inspection guidance resources

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Relationship and Sexuality Education helps pupils feel safe and respected, but provision is not yet consistent

Strong science practice found across Wales, but inconsistencies in provision continue to affect pupils’ progress

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

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