Boost for education in latest Welsh Government results
Today’s National School Categorisation System outcomes have shown that more schools across the local ERW (Education through Regional Working) Welsh Region are responding well to support. Results published by Welsh Government today show there is an increase in the percentage of primary schools across the region (Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Swansea) which are becoming more resilient. This means that fewer primary schools are in the categories requiring significant support as compared to last year’s figures. Today’s results also show that the number of secondary schools requiring limited support has almost doubled since last year. This means that the region can allocate greater resources to those schools requiring increased support. Betsan O’Connor, ERW Managing Director said: “It’s pleasing to see schools are becoming more resilient and now need less support. It is also good to see a change in culture, as increasingly the support is coming f...