Give feedback on this pagePRIORITY 1 – MODERNISING EDUCATION
What is Modernising Education?
The Estyn Inspection of Denbighshire County Council published in September 2007 commented on the quality of education services within the County. Estyn highlighted significant shortcomings in three main areas: poor performance of schools; leadership and management of education and use of resources. These weaknesses were confirmed in the “Modernising Education” report by Cambridge education and further issues were identified by the Estyn inspection of the Young People’s Partnership.
The Modernising Education programme encompasses three streams of work: the response to the two Estyn inspections focussing on raising pupil attainment and improving youth support services and the programme to take forward the recommendations from the Cambridge Education report so that the County’s schools meet the needs of 21st Century Wales.
The Modernising Education Programme Board
Objectives:-
- To improve pupil attainment by raising pupil achievement, increasing attendance and reducing exclusions
- To improve the leadership and management of education and
- Modernise the provision of education
- To develop education provision which meets the needs of 21st Century Wales and has:-
- Clear and robust policies (for example admissions policy, transport policy, Bilingual & Welsh medium provision, all through schools policy, mobile accommodation policy, small schools policy).
- To improve the provision of youth support services in the County
- To improve the use of resources