Education

Fifth of university applicants from Wales yet to get an offer with results days away

A Level results

Teenagers will collect their A-level results next week amid tougher competition for university places post-Covid

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One in five parents would be 'unlikely' to encourage their child to go to university

Six in ten see the opportunity for their offspring to “earn as they learn”, through an apprenticeship scheme, as a much more viable path

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Boy, 13, arrested after knife found at school

The knife was not from the school canteen or cooking department

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The future of exams in Wales after years of cancellations and changes

The pandemic brought about a major change in how pupils were graded but things look set to revert back to something closer to how they had been before

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The mum who set up her own school because she didn't think mainstream education was good enough

Esma Izzidien started with a parent and toddler group which became a primary and is now a secondary

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Third council to provide free school meal summer holiday provision

Local Government

Blaenau Gwent Council agreed to fund the scheme as a one-off from its reserves after the Welsh Government withdrew funding

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'I saw my teacher crying after school' Young girl sends Mark Drakeford a letter pleading as staff made redundant

Aberporth Primary in Ceredigion has made a teacher and two teaching assistants redundant because the funding it receives has not been enough to cover its costs

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All primary school pupils in Newport will get free school meals from September

The offer is being made a year ahead of the deadline set by the Welsh Government

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Schools in Neath Port Talbot playing 'catch up' as increasing numbers of pupils skip class

Neath Port Talbot

Attendance at secondary schools has dropped almost 7% since the start of the pandemic

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Second Welsh council agrees to fund free school meals during the summer holidays

Welsh Government

Powys Council has agreed to spend £280,000 to help prevent "holiday hunger" among children during the six week break

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How teachers’ workload will be cut following strikes earlier this year and continued industrial action by the National Association of Headteachers

Welsh Government

Action includes a "digital tool" for headteachers to tell policy makers what's making the job harder

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He worked as a caretaker in the same school for 32 years — but Dean is calling it a day

Dean Wilkes has been described as 'part of the fabric' of St Philip Evans R.C Primary School in Llanedeyrn

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Head teacher says absent children are hanging out in parks

Addressing issues of absence one head teacher also said some parents have such bad anxiety and mental health problems they 'can’t physically get out of bed in the morning to take their children to school'

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Teacher sacked 'for breaking up fight between pupils,' union claims

The teacher is said to have intervened when a fight in a corridor escalated and two boys 'fell through the door' into his classroom

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Boy, 13, badly injured after he was allegedly 'attacked at school by older pupil'

The teenager was left with heavy swelling around his eye and a chipped tooth

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Wales to move forward with proposal to end the long school summer holiday

The public will be asked their views on changing the school year calendar in the next year, said Education Minister

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People responsible for schools send a devastating warning to the Welsh Government about 'inadequate funding'

Governors say that the situation facing schools in Wales is bleak with children in larger classes and fewer teachers

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Over half of Swansea secondary schools to shut for one day next week as teachers strike

Teachers and staff will walk out in a dispute over 'adverse employer practices' and concerns over job security

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Primary could move to old high school site temporarily amid plans to create 200 new additional learning need spaces

Cardiff Council

Hundreds of new places for children with additional learning needs in Cardiff are being planned for the city’s schools. The council said the proposals are in response to growing numbers of children needing educational, emotional and other additional needs support.

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Children being 'set up to fail' in Cardiff school funding crisis, warns head teacher

The stark warning came amid fears about staff cuts with dozens of Cardiff schools in deficit budgets

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Teaching assistant who assaulted wife can continue to work in the classroom

Sarah Norton was held for a night in police cells after the incident in Cardiff, a professional standards hearing was told

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Financial situation faced by Cardiff schools is a 'ticking time bomb'

All of the schools affected are currently working with council officers

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Cardiff University students invited to graduate despite not knowing grades or even if they've passed

Cardiff University

Staff at universities across the UK have been on a marking strike for months in a years long dispute over pay and conditions;

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Devastated students at Swansea University told they can't graduate because of lecturers strike

Swansea University

"We feel robbed of our ceremonies. It's hard to apply for jobs without a degree award," said one undergraduate who had already booked her gown and hotels for her now cancelled graduation

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