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1 January – Social services in Wales have estimated they face a £646m shortfall over the next three years as a result of Welsh Government budget cuts. [7]2 January – Provisional data released by the Met Office indicates 2023 was the second warmest year on record in the UK behind 2022, with Wales and Northern Ireland experiencing their warmest year on record during 2023.
Primary school league tables were abolished in Wales in 2001; a Bristol University study indicated that this had caused a fall in standards in about 75% of schools. [7] Statutory testing for children finishing Key Stage 1 and 2 was introduced across England and Wales in 1989. [8] It was abolished in 2002 and 2005 respectively.
Summer Term runs from Easter to mid-July (half term ends in late May/early June). At the end of each half-term a holiday lasts about one week (usually nine full days, including two weekends), although in the autumn term, some schools give students two week long holidays (16 full days, including 3 weekends) to account for the term being longer ...
Education is compulsory beginning with the term following the child's fifth birthday, but may take place at either home or school. Most parents choosing to educate through school-based provision, however, enrol their children in the reception year in September of that school year, with most children thus beginning school at age four or four and ...
The history of education in Wales from 1939 to the present covers the various types of education available in Wales from the Second World War to the present day. This period has seen an expansion of secondary and higher education, as well as the development of a more distinctive Welsh education system.
The following is a partial list of currently operating schools in Wales, United Kingdom. You may also find Category:Schools in Wales of use to find a particular school. See also the List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom.
Each term consists of ten school weeks. Term 1 starts the day immediately after New Year's Day. If the first school day is a Thursday or a Friday, it is not counted as a school week. After term 1, there is a break of a week, called the March Holidays. Thereafter, term 2 commences and is followed by a break of four weeks, the June Holidays.
In 2024, Westbourne was named No.1 in the UK for Innovation in the ISA Awards 2024, No.2 IB Boarding School in the UK for Results, No.4 overall (best-schools.co.uk, smaller schools), and ranked No.1 for Results in the Vale of Glamorgan and No.5 in Wales by the Sunday Times Schools Guide 2025.