June 30, 2019 - 1014 views
North, Mid and South Wales pupils are about to experience a major change in Welsh education in just over 3 years time.
The biggest change is a new curriculum for schools and funded non-maintained settings in Wales from September 2022.
It will affect all schools other than independent schools. The curriculum has been made in Wales but shaped by the best ideas from around the world.
There will also be changes to improve how Welsh Government assess children and young people in education, support children with additional learning needs and teacher and practitioner training and accountability. These improvements will complement the new curriculum.
Evidence from international surveys, and evaluations from Estyn (the education and training inspectorate for Wales), suggest levels of achievement are not as high as they could be.
The Welsh Government has been working with education and childcare professionals, and other experts to develop a new approach to the curriculum.
Together they have developed guidance which will help funded non-maintained settings and schools create a new curriculum for their learners and teachers. Everyone is being invited to comment on the plans as they currently stand.
The new curriculum will be taught in all funded non-maintained settings and schools up to Year 7 from September 2022. It will then roll out year-by-year until it includes Year 11 by 2026.
Whether you work in education, support its delivery or have an interest in it, we recommend you make yourself familiar with draft Curriculum for Wales 2022 guidance before you provide feedback.
If you are a parent/carer, a learner, an employer or someone with a general interest in the curriculum, or a particular part of it, you can find out how education is changing.
For more details on how to make your views known and to view the draft documents please click here. Feedback will be accepted until 19th July.
