‘A’ Level students in Cardiff schools can once again be proud of their achievements. In a year when more students took ‘A’ and ‘AS’ Level examinations in Cardiff than in 2010, the performances of the city’s schools were improved for all key measures and once again were above the Wales averages. This is the second ...
A groundbreaking tripartite partnership between Cardiff Council, the Welsh Government and the Welsh Local Government Association has been created to establish a Secondary Achievement Improvement Programme to continue to improve standards of education in the city’s secondary schools. A recent Estyn report noted that standards of achievement have improved and that elected members and education ...
A Cardiff secondary school has gained success in a national awards scheme that recognises innovative and exciting school council projects. Radyr Comprehensive School’s Domino Project has been nationally recognised in the Speaker’s School Council Awards for their work aimed at changing people’s perceptions and raising awareness of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) issues in ...
Following a full public consultation with the community on school reorganisation proposals for Eglwys Wen Primary, Eglwys Newydd Primary and Ysgol Melin Gruffydd, the Council submitted a proposal to the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG). The final decision was passed to the Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning, Leighton Andrews AM, who has formally agreed ...
Commenting on the publication of the Assembly Government’s Higher Education Strategy: For Our Future, Welsh Lib Dem Shadow Education Minister, Jenny Randerson AM said: “Higher Education does need to change and I welcome the intentions behind this strategy, but without real detail on improving research and development and exploiting this to build a better economy, ...
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As previously reported in NOW Cardiff – parents in Whitchurch are being invited to undertake a consultation to decide the future of education provision in the area. Cardiff council are offering three options, all of which involve reducing the size of Whitchurch High School, selling off some school land and merging Eglwys Newydd and Eglwyn ...
Cardiff Council’s Park Services has worked closely with Whitchurch Women’s Institute (WI) to refurbish two special war memorials. The...
Primary schools across Cardiff will be marking National School Meals Week this week – the biggest national healthy eating...
A Merthyr Tydfil-based recycling company has been fined for failing to take appropriate measures to control the risk of...
A Cardiff letting agent has been sentenced after a handyman was exposed to asbestos-containing material while carrying out work...
A loan shark who preyed on vulnerable people is due to be sentenced on Wednesday 9th November at Cardiff...
The Public and Commercial Services Union has condemned plans to close 19 jobcentres across the UK, announced by the...
Since the General Election councils in England and Wales have lost over 101,000 jobs and the Vale of Glamorgan...
A group of Barclays staff based in Cardiff have successfully completed the UK Three Peaks challenge in aid of...
The Public and Commercial Services union which represents civil and public servants has called on the government to invest...
On the 21 October 1966, 144 people, 116 of them children, were killed when a tip of coal waste...
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