Policy and Research

Curriculum for Wales: updated sections of Framework guidance

Welsh Government want your views on updated sections of the Curriculum for Wales Framework guidance, for updating online on Hwb in January 2025 – consulting on proposed minor and essential updates to some sections of the Curriculum for Wales Framework guidance on Hwb, which includes:

– wording to reflect the approach to published school curriculum summaries set out in the Continuing the journey section, which was published last January

– wording that better links personalised assessments with progression and assessment wording to clarify legislative changes from September

– minor amendments to the Designing your curriculum and Assessment arrangements sections to update language to ensure consistency with other sections of the Framework. This is to reflect where we are in curriculum rollout as well as addressing hyperlinks and typographical errors

– amending the Enabling learning section to better highlight it should be used in the planning, designing and implementing of a pedagogically appropriate curriculum for all learners, not just our youngest learners

– a number of minor amends following a bilingual review of ‘hover-over’ definitions used across the Framework.

Submit your comments by 20 December 2024.

School organisation code

The Code has been reviewed after 5 years of operation and a number of amendments have been made, the majority of which reflect changes in legislation since the second edition of the Code came into force or clarify requirements relating to existing legislation in place at that time.

Submit your comments by 14 February 2025.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is monitoring the impact of its guidance on Preventing Hair Discrimination. The guidance provides practical resources for school leaders to create more inclusive environments and ensure compliance with equality law. They would like to invite school leaders, teachers, assistant teachers, governors and trustees of primary and secondary schools to complete a short survey to help them understand how these resources are being implemented and their effectiveness in preventing hair discrimination in schools.

This is a link to the short survey. The survey will be open until 5pm on Friday 17 January 2025.

This survey is anonymous. However, if you are happy for them to contact you for follow-up questions or a potential case study, please feel free to supply your contact details at the end of the survey. They process information in line with data protection legislation. Please see their Privacy Notice for further details.

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