Ceredigion Schools Receive Bespoke Support Following Publication Of National Support Categories
Today’s National School Categorisation System outcomes have shown that more schools across Ceredigion within the ERW Region are responding well to support.
The information published today by Welsh Government 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 only limited support has almost doubled since last year. This means that the region can allocate greater resources to those schools requiring increased support.
Councillor Hag Harris, Cabinet Member with responsibility for Learning Services, Children and Young People’s Partnership said, “Many reasons are considered when agreeing a support category for a school such as a head teacher who is new to the role, which means that the agreement between ERW and a school on the days of categorisation support can be accurately targeted. This is a simple system of determining support days for the school, and it is not a system to grade the performance of schools.”
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 from other schools.
“There will be some schools which are disappointed about elements of the outcomes published, but we will be providing support for those schools in the areas identified for improvement.”
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