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With a heatwave pushing the temperature gauge into the high 90s, it can be hard to encourage children and young people to do more than just flop in the shade during the long school holidays.
A Catholic primary school in Cardiff has been praised for its ‘outstanding’ work in a number of areas in its latest report by Estyn, the education and training inspectorate for Wales.
Brewery Park opened; ALN: important information for families; financial help for school essentials; charity benefits from grand day out
02/09/22 - Cardiff Council Update: 2 September 2022
Here’s your Friday update, covering: WWE event road closures; Welsh language sports in the Summer of Fun; Brewery Park play area opens; Lord Mayor’s charity latest; help for parents with school essentials; new flower displays
The Welsh Government is changing the way that children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) will be supported. The term Additional Learning Needs (ALN) will replace the term Special Educational Needs (SEN).
From September, eligible learners in Cardiff will receive additional financial support from the Welsh Government School Essentials scheme (Pupil Development Grant Access) which helps with the cost of uniform, sports equipment, stationery, and devices. Th
Acrobats, high-wire performers, and members of the local community filled Brewery Park in Adamsdown on Sunday as the play area, which has been completely refurbished as part of an ongoing £3.2 million programme of investment in parks and play areas
Cardiff’s Summer of Fun continues to keep thousands of children and their families amused, educated and active and a series of camps at Ysgol Glantaf in north Cardiff saw around 150 young people try their hand at a wide range of sports.
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.
Pupils across Cardiff have today received their A-Level results. This year, learners completed formal exams and assessments for the first time since 2019 due to the pandemic, and the WJEC has considered the disruption learners have experienced
15/08/22 - Help to decide What's Next for young people
A wealth of information on education, employment, training and other opportunities is available all in one place for young people in Cardiff considering their next steps ahead of this week's exams results day.
