Second school receives a “faultless” inspection
Here's a round-up of school inspections that were undertaken during autumn 2023 (pdf). Special school receives "faultless" inspection report Heronsbridge ...
Here's a round-up of school inspections that were undertaken during autumn 2023 (pdf). Special school receives "faultless" inspection report Heronsbridge ...
The main topic of discussion arising from backbench questions at this month's council meeting was school finances – particularly the ...
Later this week, Bridgend Council's Cabinet will be asked to change how local authority school governors are appointed (pdf). Local ...
Bridgend Council's Cabinet will be provided with a round-up of school inspection reports undertaken by Estyn during the spring and ...
Edit: The meeting that was due to discuss this item has been cancelled due to the death of Elizabeth II ...
With the council term drawing to a close, many of Bridgend Council's scrutiny committees are taking the opportunity to review ...
Following Estyn (school inspectorate) follow-up inspections during 2021, Ogmore Vale Primary School and Plasnewydd Primary School in Maesteg have been ...
A new draft Welsh-medium education strategy for Bridgend was recently published, but later today a council committee will be updated ...
Wales is introducing a new National Curriculum from the start of the 2022-23 academic year in primary schools and 2023-24 ...
In a report due to be discussed by a Bridgend Council scrutiny committee today, councillors will be updated on how ...
(Title Image: Maesteg Boyo via Youtube) Here's a round-up of some of the key stories from the March 2021 full ...
The Welsh Government published the latest set of school categories last week. Schools in Wales are placed into four colour-coded ...
(Title Image: via Google Earth) Later this week, a Bridgend Council scrutiny committee will be updated on an emergency action ...
(Title Image: The Mirror) As a result of a follow-up inspection by Estyn, they've recommended Ogmore Vale Primary School be ...
(Title Image: Mirror) Working with governors, Bridgend Council and the South Central regional consortium have stepped in over the last ...
(Title Image: Wales Online) As you might remember, I recently wrote about a scrutiny committee report on the performance of ...
(Title Image: Wales Online) Later this week, a Bridgend Council scrutiny committee will discuss a report on the performance of ...
(Pic: via Google Earth) Tynyrheol Primary, which is based in Llangeinor and was successfully saved from closure in 2014, has ...
Here's a summary of some of the key findings from Bridgend Council's Annual Report for 2017-18 (pdf). The report does ...
(Pic: The Wave) 70.6% of Bridgend students achieved at least 5 A*-C GCSE grades in 2018, exceeding Welsh averages and ...
While the Class of 2018 has apparently produced Wales' best-ever A-Level results, despite excellent individual and whole-school performances, the overall ...
(Pic: ERH Engineering) A few weeks ago, I was reliably informed about a growing crisis at a Bridgend school. The ...
(Pic: WalesOnline) It's perceived wisdom that there's a link between attending school and doing better – though this ignores ...
(Pic: BBC Wales via Jaggery) The monthly full council meeting took place on February 28th. It was webcast (available here) ...
A Bridgend Council Scrutiny Committee will be updated this coming Thursday (8th February) on the performance of schools in the ...
Bridgend Council's Cabinet has published the final 2024-25 council budget (pdf). The budget is set to be debated and put...
Read moreA by-election was held yesterday for the vacant Aberkenfig seat on Bridgend County Borough Council. Here's the result: By my...
Read moreAt this month's full council meeting, councillors approved the final version of Bridgend's Local Development Plan (LDP). The LDP sets...
Read moreA by-election will be held next Thursday (March 7th 2024) to fill the Aberkenfig seat on Bridgend County Borough Council....
Read moreBridgend Council's Cabinet is set to authorise work on a land transfer, which would see two sites earmarked for the...
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