What makes a great curriculum summary – and what to avoid Curriculum summaries are more than just a tick-box exercise. Done well, they can be powerful tools for communicating your school or setting’s ethos, curriculum thinking, and learner experience to a wide audience – from parents and carers to governors and community partners.

Celebrating a decade of supporting learners to reach their star potential Over the past ten years, Seren has supported thousands of learners across Wales, empowering them to make confident, well-informed decisions about their future – helping every learner to truly shine.  We recently popped along to the commemorative event and caught up with current Seren learners and alumni.

Approved school term dates 2027 to 2028

WELSH EDUCATION NEWS

Personalised Assessments – updated information for parents and carers

Please share the updated Information for Parents and Carers and the introduction to the assessments and information on the learner feedback and progress reports.

Simplifying the process of curriculum design within Curriculum for Wales

50 schools and settings are welcome to take part in cohort 7 of the National support programme, which is delivered over 10 online sessions. 

Operation Encompass: duty on police forces in England and Wales to notify education establishments of domestic abuse incidents

Share your International Languages experience

MFL Mentoring seeks insights on challenges International Language practitioners face across schools, local authority and national levels to highlight barriers to IL GCSE uptake. Please complete our anonymous survey.

Oral Statement: The Future of Tertiary Education in Wales—Sustainability and Participation (25 November 2025)

stakeholder updates

Dysgu: Applications Open for National Professional Qualification for Headship

Applications for the third cohort of the NPQH Wales are now open. If you’re ready to take your next step toward headship, NPQH Wales is the nationally recognised qualification that prepares senior leaders to lead with confidence. Deadline: 16 January 2026 4pm

Qualifications Wales

• Building the blocks for a career in health and social care, or childcare; the new GCSE explained
• Change making: the new Social Studies GCSE explained

Medr: The Learner Engagement Code, consultation and online events

The Learner Engagement Code aims to ensure all learners have opportunities to engage in their providers’ decision-making and will apply to local authority maintained school sixth forms from August 2026.

Find out more in our new blog and through our consultation documents. Register for consultation events here.

resources

Staff wellbeing service

Our Professional Supervision is a confidential service that provides a space for leaders to reflect on both challenging and rewarding aspects of their role. Leaders in Wales are eligible for 6 fully funded sessions via Teams or phone with a qualified supervisor who gets the education sector.  

We have created a ‘Thinking differently about stress’ workshop and put together a bilingual resource pack. Use it as part of your meetings, INSET days or just as a helpful staff wellbeing resource. Get in touch for your free pack and workshop recording today 

Carlam Cymru App

Exciting news! e-sgol has created an app for the Carlam Cymru revision resources.  There is no need to create an account and the best thing of all is that students can create a personal Playlist to tailor the videos to the courses that they’re studying. Go to the Carlam Cymru website to watch The Carlam Cymru App video which shows how the app works.