Skills and Employability News

Wales’ education inspectorate, Estyn, is to play a greater role in supporting schools prepare for the new curriculum, Kirsty Williams has announced.

A consultation on the revised ‘Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) Guidance’ for schools in Wales has been launched today by Education Minister Kirsty Williams.

Further changes to how money is invested in the 21st Century Schools and Education programme, could help local authorities manage the pressure on their budgets, Kirsty Williams today said.

An additional 54 classrooms are to be built in schools throughout Wales as part of a £36 million fund to reduce infant class sizes, Education Minister Kirsty Williams has announced.

A Kimnel Bay based company manufacturing sophisticated precision tools for Rolls Royce and other automotive and aerospace companies is to create 23 new jobs as a result of Welsh Government support.

A Welsh Government programme offering individual support to SMEs looking to grow and expand has created its 5000th job, Economy Secretary Ken Skates has revealed.

As part of its response to Brexit, the Welsh Government is establishing a new £1.5m fund that  will test new ways of nurturing and growing the everyday parts of Wales’ economy.

Project which has seen the development of iPad software to detect sight problems in young children to be expanded.

The Vale of Clwyd Denbigh Plum has been awarded protected food name (PFN) status by the European Commission, joining the ranks of Caerphilly Cheese, Halen Mon and Welsh Lamb.

Wales’ education inspectorate, Estyn, is to play a greater role in supporting schools prepare for the new curriculum, Kirsty Williams has announced.

A Kimnel Bay based company manufacturing sophisticated precision tools for Rolls Royce and other automotive and aerospace companies is to create 23 new jobs as a result of Welsh Government support.