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Secondary schools in Wales must, by law, teach the basic and the National Curriculum to their pupils. The basic curriculum consists of religious education, sex education, personal and social education, and for 14– to 16-year-olds, work-related education. Schools must also provide careers education and guidance for all 13-16-year-olds.
This article provides an overview of education in Wales from early childhood to university and adult skills.Largely state-funded and freely accessible at a primary and secondary level, education is compulsory for children in Wales between ages 5-16 years old.
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 history of education in Wales from 1870 to 1939 covers the various types of education available in Wales from the Elementary Education Act 1870 until the start of the Second World War. Compulsory primary education was established early in the period and access to secondary and higher education was significantly expanded.
In 1970 responsibility for primary and secondary education in Wales was transferred to the Welsh Office, a department of the UK government. [84] The government of the 1980s made various changes to the administration of and requirements placed on schools. [85] The Education Reform Act 1988 established a national curriculum in England and Wales. [86]
In Wales, bilingualism and bi-literacy (in Welsh and English) is firmly on the education agenda too. The number of pupils choosing Welsh-medium education has seen a steady increase of 3% over the ...
The aim of Welsh-medium education is to achieve fluency in both Welsh and English. All children over the age of seven receive some of their instruction in English. In 2015, 16% of children in primary and secondary schools in Wales were in Welsh-medium schools. A further 10% were in schools classified as bilingual or with different language streams.
Relationships and sexuality education [13] Other changes include a greater emphasis on the history of Wales [14] [15] and ethnic minority groups, [16] which reports by Estyn in previous years suggested had often been poor, [17] and the removal of parents' right to opt out their children from sex education classes. [18]