Young engineering apprentice with mentor

In this Senedd term alone, the Welsh government has supported 73,795 new apprenticeships and invested £144 million into young Welsh peoples’ futures.

Empty classroom

The Department for Education recently published its latest absence statistics, and, in response, the Education Policy Institute has published its findings on absences in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cardiff University

New data from UCAS shows that only 32.5 per cent of Welsh 18-year-olds had applied to university by the end of June this year, compared to 41.2 per cent across the UK.

School bag with construction hat

The government has unveiled new Technical Excellence Colleges, which will be situated up and down the country to train and deliver the workforce needed to build new homes, schools, and hospitals. 

Young boy reading book

The Welsh government is part-funding Wales’ Summer Reading Challenge, which sees children try to read at least six books to unlock rewards

Young French teacher in front of a class

HEPI have published a report looking at low uptake of languages in secondary, higher, and further education.

School corridor

Teacher Tapp’s 2024-25 end of year report reveals that student absence was a major worry, with 69 per cent of primary and 80 per cent of secondary teachers saying it was disrupting learning.

Child on monkey bars

The government has announced an extra £18 million for local councils in England so they can rollout early intervention child protection reforms, which come part of Family Group Decision Making.

Children in classroom

England has seen the biggest year-on-year school attendance improvement for a decade, with figures showing that more than 140,000 fewer pupils are persistently absent compared last year.

children playing football indoors

The prime minister’s announced an £88 million package to support youth clubs and schools to offer more activities, with £22.5 million specifically to go towards after-school clubs.

Learn Welsh

Record numbers of people are taking up Welsh lessons in Wrexham, with 640 people having completed a course in 2023-24, up 82 per cent since 2017-18.

Scottish flag university

The Scottish government has recorded unprecedented university acceptances for 18-year-olds from Scotland’s most deprived areas

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