Annual Report

2022-2023

Owen Evans HMCI

Chief Inspector’s foreword

Students controlling an electronic arm

Our approach

Students studying at a desk

Education and support for refugees and asylum seekers

Welsh school books

The Welsh language in education and training

Pupils working in the classroom

PISA 2022

A mother hugging her son outside

Mitigating the impacts of poverty on educational attainment

A young girl playing in a playground outside a school

Attitudes to learning and attendance

Primary school aged schoolgirls posing for a photograph

Implementation of Curriculum for Wales

Children climbing on some outdoor equipment

Inspection follow-up

A child playing with cooking utensils outside

Non-maintained nurseries

Full report Sector summary

Primary school children sitting on the floor listening

Primary

Full report Sector summary

Secondary school pupils in a science lesson

Secondary

Full report Sector summary

A young boy and girl sitting on outside playing equipment

All-age

Full report Sector summary

A young child sitting at a desk with colouring pencils

Maintained special schools

Full report Sector summary

Writing on a whiteboard

Independent special schools

Full report Sector summary

Children and a teacher sitting in a semi circle outside

Independent mainstream

Full report Sector summary

A teacher and a pupil reading a paper document

Pupil referral units

Full report Sector summary

A female student sitting at a desk holding a pencil

Independent specialist colleges

Full report Sector summary

A pot of pencils in a classroom

Local government education services

Full report Sector summary

A teacher showing a student a document at a desk

Further education

Full report Sector summary

A student and teacher in a veterinary setting

Work-based learning

Full report Sector summary

A student and teacher in an industrial setting

Jobs Growth Wales+ (employability programme)

Full report Sector summary

Adult students writing at desks

Adult learning in the community

Full report Sector summary

Student teacher at the front of a class

Initial Teacher Education

Full report Sector summary

A Welsh teacher helping adult students

Welsh for adults

Full report Sector summary

A worksheet on a desk

Justice sector

Full report Sector summary

The new additional learning needs system: Progress of schools and local authorities in supporting pupils with additional learning needs

Developing pupils’ English reading skills from 10-14 years of age

Support for Welsh in Initial Teacher Education

Equity of curriculum experiences for pupils who are educated other than at school (EOTAS)

Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among 16 to 18-year-old learners in further education

Delivery of Essential Skills Wales qualifications in apprenticeship programmes

School Governors – Acting as critical friends and the impact of governor training