EDUCATION IN WALESADDYSG YNG

NGHYMRUBob Cater

CEOEngineering Education Scheme Wales

Cynllun Addysg Peirianneg Cymru

Education is fully delegated responsibility of the Welsh Government

Population3.1 million192,000 secondary pupils19.5% free school meals220 maintained secondary schools53 secondary schools are Welsh medium. 68 independent schools.Overall, there were 42 fewer LA maintained schools than at January 2012.

Blaenau Gwent 3Cardiff 21Powys 13

SMEs account for 99% of enterprises in Wales.Small 0-9Medium 50-249Micro-businesses (less than 9 employees) account for 94.5% of all businesses in Wales.60% of the employment with Micro, Small and Medium enterprises.

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The 22 Counties of Wales

Proposed New Structure

Councils in Wales will no longer be responsible for school improvement services from April next year.

Education Minister Huw Lewis said the work would go to the four education consortia established to raise standards across council boundaries.

Nearly a quarter of council education services are or have been put in special measures following concerns.

The 22 education services running schools in Wales should be cut by a third, a review has recommended.

In his report, Robert Hill, who was an adviser to former Prime Minister Tony Blair, says "new slim line elected local authorities" could run education.

The Four Consortia

The consortia are: North Wales: Anglesey, Conwy,

Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham.

South East Wales: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen.

Central South: Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Vale of Glamorgan.

South West and Mid Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Swansea.

The School Curriculum in Wales

The school curriculum comprises the following areas:• Foundation Phase (Reception and KS1)• Skills development• National Curriculum (KS2 and KS3)• Personal and Social Education• Sex education• Careers and the world of work• Religious education.

The Foundation Phase

The Foundation Phase is the statutory curriculum for all 3 to 7 year old children in Wales in both maintained and non-maintained settings.The Foundation Phase places great emphasis on children learning by doing. Young children will be given more opportunities to gain first hand experiences through play and active involvement rather than by completing exercises in books.

The National Curriculum in WalesKS2 & KS3

The national curriculum subjects were revised and restructured in 2008.The content of the national curriculum ensures relevance to the twenty-first century and manageability for learners and teachers.

MathematicsScienceEnglishInformation and Communication TechnologyDesign and TechnologyHistory GeographyArt and DesignPhysical EducationWelshMusicModern Foreign Languages

KS 4At Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11) the statutory subjects (those that have to be studied by law) are the Core subjects:-

English

Mathematics

Science,

and the compulsory subjects:-

Physical Education

Religious Education

P.S.E.

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Careers and the World of Work

Welsh Baccalaureate

The Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification is available at Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced levels. The Welsh Baccalaureate Core at each level is studied alongside a range of appropriate academic and/or vocational optional qualifications.

Issues in Wales Poor Pisa results

Pisa is becoming more popular with countries and in the last results, in 2010, involving around half-a-million teenagers from 65 countries worldwide, Wales ranked 40th for maths, 38th for reading and 30th for science in 2010.Currently, Welsh teenagers are lagging the equivalent of two school years behind pupils in Shanghai and half a year below the OECD average.Closer analysis of the 2009 study revealed the proportion of top performers was below average in Wales and the proportion of lower performers was higher. PISA Dec 2013?

Numeracy and LiteracyThe National Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF) has been developed to help achieve the aim that the children of Wales are able to develop excellent literacy and numeracy skills during their time at school.

High unemployment Deprivation, particularly in the South Wales valleys Funding Inappropriate teaching Loss of interest in education by some groups Mis-match between school qualifications and industrial

competence. Massive emphasis on literacy and numeracy. STEM overload.

Issues in Wales

• 26.5% of the working-age population was economically inactive in 2012 – higher than in Scotland or any English region.

• Large swathes of Wales are poorer than parts of Bulgaria, Romania and Poland and four-and-a-half times less prosperous than central London, according to latest official figures.

50% of the working-age population in Wales lack basic numeracy skills, a higher proportion than in any of the English regions apart from the north east. The average for England as a whole is 46%.

25% of the working-age population in Wales lack basic literacy skills, again a higher proportion than in any of the English regions. The average for England as a whole is 16%.

Other data shows that the lack of basic skills varies between areas. The Valleys areas (Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Torfaen and Neath Port Talbot) had the highest proportions of people lacking basic literacy and numeracy skills.

THE ENGINEERING EDUCATION SCHEME WALES

24 years experience of organising major STEM activities and events

10,000 students have participated Currently engages over 2,500 pupils per

year in extended STEM activities Most activities are long term to increase

impact on pupils EESW organises activities and major

celebration events to showcase pupils’ STEM work

Managing a European Union funded project called STEM Cymru with a year extension granted

EESW’s working relationships

Welsh Government

Careers Wales

Technocamps

Bangor, Glyndwr, Aberystwyth, Swansea, Swansea Metropolitan, Cardiff, and South

Wales universities.

Deeside, Sir Gar, Bridgend, Neath and Port Talbot, Gower, Menai, Meirion Dwyfor,

Pembrokeshire and Llandrillo colleges

The Royal Academy of Engineering

Engineering UK and Tomorrow’s Engineers

IET

First Lego League

IMechE

Autodesk and PTC

EESW’s working relationships

Arkwright Scholarships

Mindsets

British Science Association (CREST Awards – 1,623 over 3 years of which 888 Gold Award)

See Science

BIC

SEMTA

EEF

The Welsh Automotive Forum

Aerospace Wales

Wales Quality Centre

Wales Innovation Awards

Past Students

Maddie Aghinitei

Troy BakerDesign Reality

Dr Ben Evans

Shawn BrownUK Young Engineer of the Year 2009-2010

Hywel Vaughan

Jessica JonesUK Young Engineer of the Year 2012-13

F1 Challenge

Girls Into Engineering

Introduction To Engineering