What are the education policies in Wales?
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What are the education policies in Wales?
Education is compulsory in Wales from the age of 5 to the age of 16, but 98% of children begin their education as 4-year-olds and 80% continue beyond 16 (OECD, 2014a). The period of compulsory education is divided into four stages: Foundation Phase, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 (see Table 1.1).
What is the Welsh in education strategic plan?
A Welsh in Education Strategic Plan (WESP) is a local authority’s programme to improve planning and development of Welsh-medium education provision in its area. The plan should also set out how it will seek to improve standards in Welsh-medium provision and the teaching of Welsh.
How does the Welsh education system work?
Welsh is taught as part of the curriculum in all schools up to the age of 16; however, it is not compulsory for pupils to take Welsh at GCSE. English-medium schools teach children in English but will teach some lessons in Welsh. In 1999, Welsh as a second language became compulsory for all children up to Key Stage 4.
How is the new curriculum for Wales different?
In 2022 a new code will make clear what should be taught within RSE. It will include learning about healthy relationships, keeping safe including online, and being confident to raise issues with responsible adults. Teaching will be age-appropriate, gradually building learners’ knowledge, skills and ethical values.
Do they do SATs in Wales?
No. Children in Wales don’t take SATs; for more information about how the Welsh and English school systems differ read our overview of primary education in Wales.
Are English schools better than Welsh schools?
Within Wales, PISA data reveal the average score for Welsh-language school pupils in the maths test was 476, compared to an English-language school pupil of 485. In reading tests, Welsh-medium pupils scored an average of 469, compared to an average of 494 achieved by English-medium school pupils.
What is the Welsh version of CQC?
The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW)
Is Welsh education better than England?
The EPI study, which draws on the detailed Millennium Cohort Study of children born around 2000 and compares outcomes in reading, vocabulary, language and maths, finds that pupils in Wales perform much closer to those in England than has been previously reported in international PISA results, where Wales trailed …
Do CQC cover Wales?
Note: the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspects care services in England only. To find out who the health care regulator is in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland please click the relevant link below: Wales: Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales.
What is the Welsh version of Ofsted?
In Wales the regulator and inspectorate for childcare is Care Inspectorate Wales, in England Ofsted. Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) regulates and inspects childcare based on these minimum standards. Find childcare inspection reports.
