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Evaluating the Foundation Phase

Foundation Phase Practitioner Conference

Foundation Phase Practitioner Conference

Posted on 14 June 2016 by WISERD

On Monday, May 23rd, WISERD held a one day practitioner conference to disseminate key findings and recommendations in relation to the three year independent evaluation of the Foundation Phase early […]

Flexible Pre-School Education Pilots – Separating the Impactful from the Impractical

Posted on 13 October 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

Children in Wales are required to begin school at age 5. Although parents have no legal obligation to put their children into forms of education before this age, it is […]

The Future of Welsh Education – An Inspectorate Perspective

Posted on 15 July 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

At the WISERD conference I talked about what people expect from an inspectorate of education and training in Wales and I outlined the methods that inspectors use to come to […]

WISERD New Starters – Part 1

Posted on 24 February 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

In the last few of months, we have welcomed several new members of staff to WISERD, to work on a variety of new and existing projects. This week we'll be focusing on two Cardiff […]

Is Education Wasted on the Young?

Posted on 19 February 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

The following discussion provided the basis of some opening remarks Professor Chris Taylor was invited to give at the launch of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, led by NIACE Cymru […]

What I learnt at WISERD: A Farewell Blog from Dr Mirain Rhys

Posted on 17 February 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

Trying to remember back to my first day at WISERD is harder than I expected – probably because of the sheer variety of experiences I’ve had here from that day […]

The Foundation Phase Evaluation – an update.

Posted on 2 February 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

Since the publication in mid-January of the second report on educational outcomes using national administrative data was published, the Foundation Phase has been under considerable media scrutiny. Over the past […]