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26/08/22 - Cardiff Council Update: 26 August 2022
Here’s your Friday update, covering: GCSE results better than 2019; college stages inclusive Summer of Fun event; Cardiff Young Influencers have their say on future of education; road closure for stadium wrestling event; and award-winning Food and Fun pr
City-wide partners deliver health and wellbeing provision to more than 1500 children during school summer holidays
A group of young people have been given a glimpse of the future of education in Cardiff – and a chance to put their own stamp on how it could look.
Pupils across Cardiff have today received their GCSE results. This year is the first time that learners have taken summer exams since 2019, after two years of grades being determined by schools and colleges. Overall outcomes are higher than 2019, when ex
23/08/22 - Cardiff Council Update: 23 August 2022
Here’s your Tuesday update, covering: careers and education advice for young people; information on road closures around the Pride Cymru event; support for Ukrainian teenagers from the Storey Arms; and Ukraine independence
Cardiff Council’s Storey Arms outdoor education centre in the Brecon Beacons played host to a group of Ukrainian refugees from around South Wales as part of a programme designed to give youngsters leadership skills.
A report on standards at the Bryn Y Deryn Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) in Cardiff has found that staff have created a “calm and nurturing learning environment” where pupils feel “highly valued”.
Ten young people from across Cardiff have been invited to the Microsoft Centre in London.
Young people who access North Ely Youth Service and Cardiff's wider Youth Services provision, have embarked on the 41st youth exchange with Stamheim Youth Centre in Stuttgart.
Willows High School has been awarded the Silver Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA) by the UK Committee for UNICEF, for its commitment to promoting and realising children's rights and encouraging adults, children and young people to respect the rights
A new official report into standards at Cardiff’s Youth Justice Service (YJS) has identified significant improvements in many areas.
School inspectors have hailed a Welsh-medium primary school in Cardiff as a “successful learning community that celebrates pupils’ Welshness, diversity and achievement particularly well.”
Pupils at Bryn Celyn Primary School in Pentwyn have been praised by Estyn, the education inspectors in Wales, for making impressive progress in their learning this year – despite the pandemic.
Cardiff's multi-award-winning Food and Fun programme will reach more children than ever this summer, helping to ease the financial pressures on many families across the city during the school holiday period.
In a recent visit by Estyn, inspectors found Cathays High School to have inspirational leadership and a culture of high ambition underpinned by the mission of ‘opportunities for all'.
Huw Thomas, the leader of Cardiff Council, has presented his administration’s new Programme for Government to a gathering of more than 100 business, civic and public sector leaders
