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A guide to school banding

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This section explains our policies about how we aim to continually improve the quality of schools in Wales.
In 2011 the Minister for Education and Skills set out the case for improvement and a clear set of actions to drive forward his improvement agenda. Banding is one of those actions.
Following the Minister’s speech in February, a new School Standards Unit has been established within the Welsh Government.
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Banding is a way of helping us see how schools in Wales are performing.
Banding is not about labelling naming or shaming schools, or creating a league table. It is about putting schools into groups to identify; which need support and which we can learn from. Banding will help make effective improvements to schools across Wales.