Schools Ysgol Nant y Groes and Ysgol Swn y Don have been refurbished and extended to provide state-of-the-art teaching environments, with all the facilities expected in a 21st Century School, including the latest in IT equipment.
New legislation which will transform the additional learning needs system in Wales so it provides better support to children and young people aged 0-25 years is due to gain Royal Assent.
Union NAHT is set to submit its own statement to the School Teachers Review Body (STRB) to recommend a significant increase in pay for all teachers and school leaders.
Analysis published by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) reveals that there is little chance of closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils in the next five years.
Welsh education secretary, Kirsty Williams, has welcomed the Estyn Annual Report from the Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, which shows that Wales’ education system is “uniting in a mission of self-improvement”.
NAHT Cymru and NEU Cymru have written to the cabinet secretary Kirsty Williams to suggest a moratorium on Estyn inspections during the period that schools are implementing the new curriculum in Wales.
A new report by the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) has found that school spending on ICT is set to rise for the first time in three years.