Circulars

This information document looks at two related issues.

'Respecting others' is a series of anti-bullying materials that provide guidance and practical solutions on preventing and responding to incidents of bullying in schools.

The Welsh Government has developed amended guidance to help Schools in Wales establish effective complaints procedures.

The capacity of a school is the number of pupils it can accommodate.

This is guidance for local authorities when they are considering intervening in schools causing concern in their area.

This Circular provides guidance to schools and Governing Bodies on the statutory content of School Prospectuses.

This Circular provides guidance to schools and governing bodies on the statutory content of Governors’ Annual Report.

This Guidance Circular outlines the Revised Professional Standards for Education Practitioners in Wales issued in September 2011.

This document provides guidance for governing bodies and headteachers on issues relating to implementing or changing a school uniform and appearance policy.

As part of our Quality and Effectiveness Framework, we are introducing new requirements for post-16 learning providers to establish formal learner involvement strategies. Learner involvement will be central to our Quality and Effectiveness Framework (QEF), and to Estyn’s new Common Inspection Frame ...

This Guidance Circular outlines the Revised National Standards for Head teachers in Wales issued in April 2006.

This circular provides detailed guidance for employers and agents on the changes that have been made to the arrangements for reporting cases of misconduct in the education service in Wales. This is as a result of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the Education (Supply of Information) ...

This is the main Welsh Assembly Government policy document relating to the reorganisation of schools in Wales.

This revised version of the 'Becoming a Qualified Teacher – Handbook of Guidance' replaces circular No: 41/2006. The document provides updated information on the aims and scope of the revised Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) Standards.

This document covers requirements for the provision of education and training for young people placed in SCHs via the YJB.

Guidance for use by PGCE (FE) initial teacher training providers offering the one year full time course [i.e. Cardiff University, Glyndwr University and University of Wales, Newport] in administering, assessing eligibility and the methodology for calculating payments made under the scheme in 2009/1 ...

This guidance for schools and local education authorities (LEAs) provides new advice on the collection and recording of data on pupils’ national identity and ethnic background. It replaces National Assembly for Wales Circular 27/02 ‘Collecting and Recording Data on Pupils’ Ethnic Background’ which ...

This document contains updated guidance on the implementation of the Education (Specified Work and Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2004 and also sets out (Revised) Professional Standards for HLTAs in Wales.

These guidance notes provide information on teacher training incentive in Wales and outline the funding available, grant eligibility and how payments will be made.

This document sets out the terms and conditions for the payment by Welsh Ministers to institutions. The grant is specifically earmarked for the purposes of providing assistance for students in particular need.

This guidance outlines the role of the LEA in supporting schools to improve and further develop provision for more able and talented pupils and provides a set of ten quality standards to aid school self evaluation.

The Childcare Act 2006 expands and clarifies in legislation the vital role Local Authorities play as strategic leaders in the provision of childcare locally.

This document, provides guidance on Safeguarding Children in Education: The role of local authorities and governing bodies under the Education Act 2002

Guidance for School Information Management Systems

This document sets out the terms and conditions for the payment by the Welsh Ministers to institutions of grant specifically earmarked for the purposes of providing assistance for students in particular need.

This document provides guidance on the requirements upon LEAs and their partners in relation to statements of the provision of support for transport from home or place of employment to place of education or training for learners aged 16–19, and those completing courses started prior to their ...

The Welsh Assembly Government is committed to the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as the basis for its dealings with children and young people.

This guidance covers the inclusion and support of learners of compulsory school age (although some elements will apply to all learners).

Guidance on the preperation of Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 Transition Plans: Circular 30/2006

This circular informs institutions of financial health performance indicators for the further education sector in Wales

This document provides guidance on the criteria for the use of the Welsh Assembly Government grant to improve transition from Key Stages 2–3 including the arrangements for the distribution of funding and approval of exemplar projects and on the arrangements for the administration of the grant ...

This document is a new Skills and Employment Action Plan. The actions take forward and build upon the work already emanating from the Skills and Employment Action Plan 2002, supporting 4 main strands: Improving Mechanisms of Workforce Development; Supplying New Entrants to the Labour Market with th ...

This document provides guidance on employment based routes into teaching that lead to the gaining of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). All employment based routes will be in operation by virtue of the employment based teacher training scheme ('the Scheme') at Annex A which has been made by the Minist ...

This circular seeks institutions’ and stakeholders’ views on proposals for a single funding system for post–16 provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. Institutions and stakeholders are asked to respond in writing to these proposals. Download: Consultation on Pr ...

This document provides guidance on the requirements upon LEAs and their partners in relation to statements of the provision of support for transport from home or place of employment to place of education or training for learners aged 16–19, and those completing courses started prior to their ...

This Circular provides guidance on the criteria for the use of the Welsh Assembly Government Community Focused Schools Grant in 2005/06 and subsequent years.   Download: Guidance on the Welsh Assembly Government Community Focused Schools Grant (pdf 181KB)

The Education (Review of Staffing Structure) (Wales) Regulations 2005 place a duty on the governing body of a maintained school with a delegated budget and on a local education authority in respect of a school without a delegated budget or a pupil referral unit, to review the staffing arrangements ...

This guidance summarises the arrangements for the completion of a period of Induction by newly qualified teachers if they wish to work in a maintained school or non–maintained special school in Wales. Download: Induction for Newly Qualified Teachers in Wales (revised August 2005) (pdf = 863K ...

This Circular sets out the criteria and procedures for the placement of learners at specialist FE establishments and replaces ELWa Circular NC/C/03/12LDF. This Circular does not concern post–16 secondary education placements secured by LEAs in specialist residential schools.

This Circular provides local education authorities (LEAs) with guidance for preparing Supplementary Education Strategic Plans (SESP) for 2005–2006. These plans are required as a result of the decision to extend the life of current ESPs (originally 2002–05) by a year in anticipation of t ...

INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING

This Circular addresses two issues. Firstly, it explains how institutions may apply for supplementary funding to make mainstream provision more accessible for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. The attached appendix offers notes for guidance on completing the forms supplied on ...

GUIDANCE NOTES FOR COMPLETION OF FINANCE RECORD 2005

This Accounts Direction advises institutions of the Council’s requirements of their audited financial statements in accordance with paragraph 49 of the Financial Memorandum.

This circular disseminates ELWa’s Basic Skills Policy and the actions related to it.

The purpose of this consultation is to allow providers reasonable opportunity to feedback on the final refinements of the NPFS model before its live application.

Guidance on the employment based teacher training scheme – the Graduate Teacher Programme and the Registered Teacher Programme This document provides guidance on employment based routes into teaching that lead to the gaining of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). All employment based routes are ...

This document provides guidance on employment based routes into teaching that lead to the gaining of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

This bulletin informs institutions of financial health performance indicators for the further education sector in Wales as shown by the finance record and the audited financial statements for 2003/04.

Re: eMandate (Further Education Estate Management Statistics Project)

COUNCIL RECLAIM 2003/04

Guidance for use by local education authorities (LEAs) in administering, assessing eligibility and the methodology for calculating payments made under the Assembly Learning Grant (ALG) scheme in 2004/05. Download: Assembly Learning Grant Scheme 2004/05 [.pdf 505KB]

DISABILITY STATEMENTS 2004/05

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT (DDA) CAPITAL FUNDING

LLDD SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDING (SUs)

FINANCIAL CONTINGENCY FUNDS ALLOCATIONS 2004/05

FURTHER EDUCATION (FE) PAY – 2004–05 ALLOCATIONS

OPERATIONAL PLANNING DOCUMENTS 2004/05 This letter provides guidance on the development of institutional plans for the period 2004/07, and details the requirements for the submission of operational planning documents to the National Council by 23 July 2004. As the letter refers both to academic (1 ...

FURTHER EDUCATION (FE) PAY The purpose of this letter is to request information to be used to inform the allocation of additional funding for FE pay for 2004–05.

INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING 2004 This letter provides guidance on the development of institutional plans for the period 2004/07, and details the requirements for the submission of strategic planning documents to the National Council by 14 May 2004. It also sets out the arrangements for the submission o ...

This guidance replaces Circular 18/03 summarises the arrangements for the completion of a period of Induction by newly qualified teachers if they wish to work in a maintained school or non–maintained special school in Wales. Download: Circular 19/04 Induction for Newly Qualified Teachers in ...

This circular seeks institutions’ and stakeholders’ views on the proposals for the restructuring of Welsh for Adults from 2005. Institutions and stakeholders are asked to respond in writing to these proposals.

This Circular addresses two issues. Firstly, it explains how institutions may apply for supplementary funding to make mainstream provision more accessible for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. The attached appendix offers notes for guidance on completing the forms supplied on ...

This Data Request requests institutions to return finance data for the period 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004.

The Education Reform Act 1988 sets out as the central aim for the school curriculum that it should promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and of society.

This Circular presents details of ELWa’s FE funding allocations for 2004/05.

This paper sets out proposed performance measures for post–16 learning in Wales, based on the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). This will be the first time that there has been a consistent set of measures for learning outcomes which can be applied across further education, work–b ...

This bulletin informs institutions of financial health performance indicators for the further education sector in Wales as shown by the finance record and the audited financial statements for 2002/03.

This circular provides information on: the screening and assessment for basic skills need/s for learners entering ELWa funded provision; and the redefined implementation timetable

This Circular informs County and County Borough Councils of the Better Schools Fund (GEST programme) for 2004–05. The Welsh Assembly Government reserves the right, at its discretion, to amend or withdraw the content of this Circular in part or in whole. This Circular provides detailed guidanc ...

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT (DDA) CAPITAL FUNDING: IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

2004/05 FUNDING AGREEMENT AND FUNDING GUIDANCE

CAPITAL FUNDING The purpose of this letter is to inform institutions of their allocation of capital funding for 2004/05 and to set out the associated timeframes and processes.

FUNDING UPDATE This letter provides an update on funding issues, including associated procedures and timeframes. As the letter refers both to academic (1 August to 31 July) and financial (1 April to 31 March) years, the following convention is used: 2004/05 (AY); and 2004–05 (FY).

FURTHER EDUCATION (FE) FUNDING 2004/05 The purpose of this letter is to inform institutions of their provisional allocation of recurrent funding for the 2004/05 academic year and to request institutions to agree the programme area deployment of their funded weighted student learning units (WSLUs) ...

This circular: outlines the principles underpinning ELWa’s approach to planning; explains the role of participants; communicates key milestones up to December 2004; and describes the interface between planning and funding.

LLDD SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDING 2003/04

This Circular informs County and County Borough Councils of the Better Schools Fund (GEST programme) for 2004–05. The programme has been drawn up following consultation with LEAs, ACCAC, the General Teaching Council for Wales, ELWa and Estyn. The Welsh Assembly Government reserves the right, ...

The purpose of the Circular is to keep institutions up to date on the Council’s requirements for the format of their audited financial statements, which are due by 31 December 2004.

This circular deals with the handling of complaints by learners and other third parties about learning funded by ELWa.  The circular: sets out ELWa’s expectation that providers will operate effective complaints procedures; describes how it will seek to ensure that providers establish sound procedur ...

This circular sets out ELWa’s proposed strategy for assuring and improving the quality of post–16 learning in schools.

This guidance covers the exclusion of pupils from schools and pupil referral units (PRUs); the procedures for appealing against an exclusion and steps to take to maintain the education of excluded pupils. The guidance replaces that currently contained in Chapter 6 and Annex E of National Assembly f ...

This Circular provides institutions/sponsored organisations with a summary of the monitoring information for the 2001/02 Access Funds; details of the monitoring information required by the Council to account for the use of the 2002/03 Financial Contingency Funds; and details of the allocation of Fi ...

This Circular sets out the criteria and procedures for the placement of learners at specialist FE establishments and replaces Further Education Funding Council for Wales Bulletin B98/05. This Circular does not concern post–16 secondary education placements secured by LEAs in specialist reside ...

The Welsh Assembly Government is committed to the provision of high quality education services and to enabling all children and young people to reach their true potential.

This Circular addresses two issues. Firstly, it explains how institutions may apply for supplementary funding to make mainstream provision more accessible for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. The attached appendix offers notes for guidance on completing the forms supplied on ...

This guidance aims to provide information on tackling bullying in schools. It offers direct practical solutions to both prevention and dealing with incidents of bullying and gives the legal background and an explanation of the roles of all involved in preventing and dealing with bullying.

This circular provides information on: The developments in the implementation of the National Funding System for post–16 learning (except HE) in Wales; and The redefined implementation timetable. No response is necessary, although observations are welcome.

This Circular presents details of the National Council’s FE funding allocations for 2003/04.

This circular provides information on the strategy of the National Council – ELWa for commissioning Welsh medium and bilingual learning and teaching resources in the post– 16 sector including Welsh for Adults provision.

This bulletin informs institutions of financial health performance indicators for the further  education sector in Wales as shown by the finance record and the audited financial statements for 2001/02.

This guidance summarises the arrangements for the completion of a period of Induction by newly qualified teachers if they wish to work in a maintained school or non–maintained special school in Wales. It incorporates the End of Induction Standard (Annex A) against which newly qualified teache ...

The Welsh Assembly Government is proposing to support pilot projects of Modern Foreign Language (MFL) learning at key stage 2 from academic year 2003–04 onwards. This initiative forms part of the Assembly Government`s national Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) Strategy, Languages Count. This Cir ...

This Guidance provides advice for employers in the education service on preventing unsuitable people from working with children and young people.

This paper sets out the National Council – ELWa’s approach to investing in quality between 2002–2005.  This includes a three–year programme to improve quality and raise standards in post–16 learning, and to provide staff development opportunities for practitioners.

This Circular provides guidance on FE provision made by institutions with third party involvement, and describes the funding framework in which the National Council – ELWa intends this provision to be set in 2002/03.

This consultation paper represents the second phase of the consultation on post–16 learner data.  It outlines responses to the earlier consultation and sets out plans for collecting data through the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR).

The purpose of the Circular is to keep institutions up to date on the Council’s requirements for the format of their audited financial statements.

This Circular addresses two issues. Firstly, it explains how institutions may apply for supplementary funding to make mainstream provision more accessible for students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities. The attached appendix offers notes for guidance on completing the forms supplied ...

This consultation document sets out the National Council – ELWa’s and ACCAC’s proposed plans for establishing a Credit Common Accord in order to support the introduction of the Credit and Qualification Framework for Wales from September 2003.

This consultation document sets out the criteria to be used by the National Council – ELWa and the Higher Education Council – ELWa when considering proposals for mergers between Higher Education Institutions and Further Education Colleges.

This paper sets out the Race Equality Scheme of the National Council for Education and Training for Wales – ELWa.

This circular provides information on the strategy of the National Council – ELWa for assuring the health and safety of learners participating in further education (FE) and work based learning (WBL) programmes funded by the Council.

This Circular sets out the policy context and general principles for reviewing the supply of school places; sets out the factors that need to be taken into account by those bringing forward proposals and explains the criteria which the Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning will apply in reac ...

Tackling Substance Misuse in Wales published by the National Assembly for Wales in April 2000 sets the agenda for action on substance misuse up to 2008.

This bulletin informs institutions of financial health performance indicators for the further  education sector in Wales as shown by the finance record and the audited financial statements for 2000/01.

This Circular presents details of the National Council’s FE funding allocations for 2002/03.

This paper sets out the National Council – ELWa’s proposed strategy for assuring and improving the quality of the learning it funds.

This guidance outlines the definition of "parent", "parental responsibility" and "having care of a child" for the purposes of the Education Act 1996, and advises schools on how to apply this. It also provides an outline of relevant court orders and advice on who schools must involve in issues about ...

Education and training are of the first importance for Wales - they liberate talent, extend opportunity,empower communities and help create wealth.

This circular gives guidance on the preparation of supplementary Education Strategic Plans (ESPs) which LEAs in Wales are required to prepare under the terms of Section 6 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. LEAs are required to comply with the Education Development Plans (Wales) Regulat ...

This Circular accompanies the attached guidance on the Education of Children looked after by local authorities. Some parts of the guidance are being issued to Social Services Departments under s7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, which means that Social Services Departments which fai ...

Most pupils will at some time have a medical condition that may affect their participation in school activities. For many this will be short–term; perhaps finishing a course of medication. Other pupils have medical conditions that, if not properly managed, could limit their access to educatio ...

Nowadays, the great majority of children stay in full–time education well beyond 16. Until recently, some 16 year olds could legally leave school before the end of the year – either at Easter or at the end of May – depending on their birth date.  Section 8(4) of the Education Act ...