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Page Published: 05 February 2008
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Education Issues in Wales

  • Why PISA (but not just PISA) matters children, cheering, happy, group of childrenAnna Brychan looks at new research into the KS3 'dip'. Address originally given to the Institute of Welsh Affairs conference on 12 April 05 May 2011
  • The changing face of Headship? age gap between head teachersHead teachers are becoming younger, annual figures from the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) showed in March. But has the 40 year age gap between the oldest and youngest school leader made for a generation divide? 06 December 2010
  • Is SEF heading for failure? paperwork on deskHeadteachers and practitioners in Wales have serious reservations over the long term success of the biggest education reform in decades, a snapshot survey commissioned by the NAHT Cymru indicates. 01 October 2010
  • Heads could be exploited in pursuit of e-learning excellence Estyn Building, Anchor CourtThe race to digitally enable Welsh classrooms, teachers and children to meet ambitious targets laid out in a report by an Assembly Government appointed ICT task force for 2012 could prove more than a financial headache for cash-strapped schools. 02 May 2010
  • First class teachers equals first class money? teacher with pupilsFollowing recent cuts to national professional development budgets and schools facing further spending squeezes, headteachers across Wales are wondering what the future holds for their own career development and that of their staff. In the second article on CPD, former TES Cymru reporter Felicity Waters speaks to an experienced head, a new head and an aspiring one about how they see the future of professional training. 10 February 2010
  • Training for Leadership is crucial - but who's going to pay? gathering of business people around various documentsSustained cuts to professional development budgets mean schools in Wales will only be able to do the training they have to do, rather than training they want to do, NAHT Cymru President David Griffiths has warned. 26 January 2010
  • Budgets in Wales counting, enumerating, calculateWelsh schools have seen a return to deficit budgets as ever-tighter financial settlements cause head teachers to rethink their planning. 29 October 2009
  • The Foundation Phase fun factor young children holding up drawingsTeenage exam success in 2015 could be down to the fun factor of the play-led Foundation Phase (FP) for teachers as well as boys, emerging evidence suggests 23 September 2009
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