The purpose of Estyn Remit Reports is to provide advice in response to a request in the annual remit letter from the Minister for Education and Skills to the Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales.
Each year Estyn is commissioned to undertake in-depth studies into a variety of aspects of education and training policy. Estyn produces reports from these studies which include recommendations aimed at helping drive further improvements. Once the Minister has considered the recommendations a response is produced and published here on our website.
Our responses to the reports can be viewed below.
01/02/13
This is a response to Estyn's report on the effectiveness of the traineeships and steps to employent programmes.
01/02/13
This is a response to Estyn's report on standards and the quality of provision for engineering in colleges and work based learning providers in Wales.
15/01/13
This is a response to Estyn's report on how effectively the funded settings and maintained schools are delivering the Welsh Language Development Area of Learning in the Foundation Phase Framework.
12/12/12
This is a response to Estyn's report on Poverty and Disadvantage which provides a Good Practice Guide for Schools.
03/10/12
This is a response to Estyn's report on the Careers and the World of Work Framework.
12/07/12
This is a response to Estyn's report on the Welsh Baccalaureate provision at level 3 in secondary schools.
06/07/12
This is a response to Estyn's report on strategies for supporting more able and talented in secondary schools.
21/06/12
This is a response to Estyn's report on literacy in Key Stage 3.
13/06/12
This is a response to Estyn's report on the use of the All-Wales Core Data Sets.
29/05/12
This is a response to Estyn's report on family learning programmes.
23/05/12
This is a response to Estyn's report on the evaluation of the non-statutory Skills Framework for 3 to 19-year-olds at Key Stage 3.
09/05/12
This is a response to Estyn's report on the effectiveness of strategies for learner involvement in post-16 learning.
08/05/12
This is a response to Estyn's report on the cost and effects of retaining surplus places.
14/02/12
This report contains Estyn's main findings and recommendations arising from the work undertaken to review the impact of adult community learning on the wellbeing of older learners.
14/02/12
The report provides an overview of standards of physical education in secondary schools and factors that affect achievement.
01/02/12
A report by Estyn and Care and Social Services inspectors on a survey of a selection of pupil referral units (PRUs) across Wales, Autumn 2011.
17/11/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: The effectiveness of sub-contracting arrangements in work-based learning.
14/09/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: on the implementation of the Foundation Phase for five to six year-olds in primary schools with special reference to literacy.
08/09/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: on whether children have sufficient access to the outdoors to enhance their learning opportunities and what benefits are evident across the seven areas of learning.
03/08/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report on Tackling Child Poverty and Disadvantage in Schools.
26/07/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: The Skills Framework at Key Stage 2: An evaluation of the non-statutory Skills Framework for 3 to 19-year-olds at Key Stage 2.
26/07/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: Supporting more able and talented pupils in primary schools - strategies to support and challenge more able and talented pupils in primary schools.
19/07/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: Numeracy for 14 to 19-year-olds.
19/07/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: The impact of deprivation on learners’ attainment in further education and work-based learning.
29/06/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: On the ‘Developing thinking skills and assessment for learning’ programme.
16/06/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: Review of Disability Equality Schemes and practice in schools and Pupil Referral Units.
14/06/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: The Education of Gypsy Traveller Pupils – an Update on Provision in Secondary Schools.
09/06/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: Area Inspection Report on the Quality and Standard of Provision for 14 to 19 year old Learners in Flintshire.
07/06/11
This is a response to Estyn's Report: Money Matters: The Provision of Financial Education for 7 to 19-year-olds in Primary and Secondary Schools in Wales
02/11/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report: The Implementation of Foundation Phase Training on Learning and Teaching – An Interim Report.
21/10/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report: The impact of the National Professional Qualification for Headteachers (NPQH) programme on headship.
08/10/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report: Wider choice and the learning core - progress in implementing a wider option choice and the learning core for 14-19 learners.
16/09/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report: The Quality of new build in Further Education and its impact on learners.
25/06/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report on a survey of the professional qualification training for youth workers provided by HEIs based in Wales and to recommend ways forward for the development of this work.
15/06/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report on How teachers evaluate the impact of General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) funded continuing professional development projects.
10/06/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report on The quality and relevance of staff training to deliver adult basic education (ABE) and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) March 2010.
26/05/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report entitled: School Business Managers - A Best Practice Guide.
23/05/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report on An evaluation of the impact of Transition Plans and Transition Grant on primary and secondary partnerships at key stage 2 and key stage 3.
17/05/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report on Ensuring all learners achieve their potential.
13/05/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report on the effectiveness of employer engagement and the support for industry provided by FE colleges.
13/05/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report on standards and the quality of provision in numeracy in Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
12/05/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report which evaluates the extent to which the implementation of the revised national curriculum in key stage 3 is having a positive impact in schools and identifies case studies of innovative practice.
09/04/10
This is a response to Estyn's Report on Evaluation of the arrangements to assure the consistency of teacher assessment in the core subjects at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
27/10/09
This is a response to Estyn's Report on Local Authority Support for the Education of Children of Migrant Workers.
02/09/09
This is a response to Estyn's Report on: An evaluation of the impact of RAISE funding on raising the levels of performance of disadvantaged pupils - a report on the third year of the programme.
31/07/09
This is a response to Estyn's Report on: How effective is provision for learners aged 16-19 years old with English language acquisition needs?
08/07/09
This is a response to Estyn's Report on: Improving Modern Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools in Wales.
06/07/09
This is a response to Estyn's Report on: Listening to the community: Learning Needs of Adults.
01/07/09
This is a response to Estyn's Report on 'Management information in local authority youth services.'
29/06/09
This is a response to Estyn's Report on 'Local Authorities and Schools Causing Concern'
04/06/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on 'The impact of schools’ race equality policies'.
04/06/09
This is a response to Estyn’s Report on best practice in mathematics for pupils aged 3 to 7 years.
22/05/09
This is a response to Estyn’s 'Evaluation of the quality and value of education and training funded through the Wales Union Learning Fund'.
19/05/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on 'Good Practice in parental involvement in primary schools'. The report was commissioned to identify innovative practice in promoting effective parental involvement and inform work on, for example, the School Effectiveness project.
14/05/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on How Good is the 'Training of Youth Support Workers in Wales'. This report provides a survey of training for youth support workers and recommends ways forward for the development of this work.
13/05/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on 'Food and fitness in schools - A report on how well schools in Wales support children and young people to be healthy and active'.
09/04/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on an 'The Impact of Unlocking the Potential Funding on Promoting the Use of Special Schools as Community Focused resource Bases'.
07/04/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on 'Best practice in the reading and writing of pupils aged 5 to 7 years'.
07/04/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on 'Evaluation of the extent and impact of remodelling on learning and the school workforce'.
30/03/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on 'Effectiveness of Perfromance Management and Review on Further Education Institutions'.
20/03/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on 'An Evaluation of post-18 Offender Learning in Wales'.
20/03/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on 'Physical education for pupils with learning difficulties'.
23/02/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on Inspecting Participation: Mapping the Common Inspection. This report maps the links between Estyn’s Common Inspection Framework and the National Children and Young People’s Participation Standards.
17/02/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on Local Authority placements of pupils with additional learning needs. Estyn reported on the way local authorities plan and monitor the quality of provision for pupils with complex special needs placed in independent residential special schools.
14/01/09
This is a response to Estyn’s report on an Evaluation of the delivery of key skills qualifications at Key Stage 4 in schools that are not piloting the Welsh Baccalaureate. The report was commissioned to evaluate delivery of key skills qualifications at key stage 4 outside of the Welsh Baccalaureate
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16/09/08
This is a response to Estyn’s report on what sustainable development and global citizenship education is currently delivered. The report covers work in the adult community-based learners and young people in youth work settings.
10/09/08
The 2007-2008 report focuses on the impact and effectiveness of RAISE work at the end of the first eighteen months of funding to schools.
24/07/08
The advice was commissioned by the Business and Skills Division of DCELLS. This is to identify the strategies that work based learning providers are using to improve learner’s attainment of key skills. This is relevant for qualification attainments in apprenticeship programmes.
16/07/08
This advice was commissioned by the Learning and Network Development Division of DCELLS to evaluate the extent to which the recent rapid increase in learners in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) has impacted on the learning experience of all ESOL learners. The findings and recommendati
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16/07/08
Estyn was commissioned to undertake a ‘review of strategic collaboration and partnerships by providers and stakeholders in the Adult Community Learning context with particular regard to involvement of the voluntary sector’.
10/07/08
The additional services Careers Wales provides to support learners in making choices within 14-19 Learning Pathways.
26/06/08
The purpose of this report is to provide advice to the Welsh Assembly Government in response to a request in the annual remit to Estyn. The subject of advice is the range and quality of Welsh-medium provision for 14-19 year old learners, including the availability and use of Welsh-medium qualificat
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26/06/08
The purpose of the advice was to provide the Welsh Assembly Government with an evaluation of the impact of the Better Schools Fund on developing a broad and balanced curriculum.
26/06/08
The report sets out the role of local authorities in meeting the education and training needs of children and young people who offend.
19/06/08
The report was commissioned by the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills as part of its ongoing programme of work to improve the quality of learning in schools and the standards achieved by young people.
16/06/08
The report was commissioned by the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills as part of its ongoing programme of work to improve the quality of provision and the range of opportunities provided for physical education in schools. The report provides an overview of progress mad
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16/06/08
The report was commissioned by the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills as part of its ongoing programme of work to improve the quality of learning in schools and the standards achieved by young people. The report provides an overview of standards in English and Welsh in
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02/06/08
The advice was commissioned by the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills to review science courses for learners in the 14-19 age range.
12/05/08
This report was commissioned to identify how well primary and secondary schools in Wales are doing in improving pupils' health with an emphasis on physical activity and health eating.
10/04/08
To identify and evaluate effective strategies employed by schools and local authorities to close the gap in the relative attainment of girls and boys.
10/04/08
This report focuses on Element 2 – Wider Choice and Flexibility of Learning Pathways 14 – 19. The aim of the report is to act as a position paper rather than a comprehensive and representative survey. The report shows what is working well and what needs to be done to meet the aims and objectives of
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10/04/08
To advise on how well local authorities use performance data to identify and challenge poor performance in schools.
18/10/07
In addition to work commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government, Estyn produce a number of occasional papers on areas for attention identified by the Chief Inspector. This report builds on ideas about transforming schools set out in Estyn’s paper on Excellent Schools, published in 2002, and sets
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16/10/07
The advice was commissioned by the Performance and Improvement Division of the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, on the GCSE Welsh second language short course, and in particular implications of the significant increase over the last few years in the proportion of pu
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08/10/07
The advice was commissioned by the Practitioner Division of DCELLS to monitor the impact of the Induction and EPD programme on teachers’ job satisfaction and their retention in the profession. The report focuses on whether the provision of the funded three year professional development programme in
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08/10/07
The advice was commissioned by the Performance and Improvement Division of the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, on the GCSE Welsh second language short course, and in particular implications of the significant increase over the last few years in the proportion of pu
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02/10/07
The advice was commissioned by the Performance and Improvement Division of the Department for Education, Culture and the Welsh Language in the 2006–07 remit to provide advice on how well secondary schools have used different programmes and initiatives to help to increase girls’ participation
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29/09/07
The advice was commissioned by Practitioner Division of DECWL to evaluate the impact of the 2005 – 08 CPD programme on teachers, schools and the raising of pupils’ standards of achievement. The report builds on earlier evaluations undertaken by Estyn during the pilot phase of the programme.
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12/09/07
The work was commissioned by the Children’s Strategy Division of the then Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills. Almost all practitioners in the pilot schools and settings are enthusiastic about the Foundation Phase and show high levels of commitment to its success. Overall, prac
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09/08/07
The advice was commissioned by the Performance & Improvement Division of Dells following the 2004–05 annual report of HMCI of Education and Training in Wales. The report highlighted relatively poor standards achieved by learners on training programs in Health, Public services & Care d
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06/08/07
The advice was commissioned by the Performance and Improvement Division of the Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills for a study into the teaching and learning of reading in primary schools and identifying best practice.
14/05/07
The report was commissioned by the Performance and Improvement Division of the Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills to evaluate progress made in the implementation of the Assembly Government’s Physical Education and School Sport (PESS) Action Plan.
26/03/07
The report was commissioned by the Performance and Improvement Division of the Welsh Assembly Government as part of Estyn’s remit in 2006–07 to evaluate how health and safety is managed in PE and school sport, including outdoor activities. The report considers the role of Local Education Auth
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20/03/07
The report was commissioned by Practitioner Division DELLS in order to monitor the impact of workforce remodelling arising from the implementation of the National Agreement ‘Raising Standards and Tackling Workload’. This will provide the basis for further monitoring.
14/02/07
The purpose of this report is to produce a position statement about how LEAs and schools are implementing their duties under Part IV of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (as amended by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001).
17/01/07
The advice was commissioned by the Youth and Adult Learning Opportunities Division of DELLS to provide information on the impact of the National Voluntary Youth Organisations Grant Scheme. The report evaluates the impact that the grant has on the infrastructure of organisations receiving grant and
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14/01/07
The advice was commissioned by Schools Management Division 1 to provide an evaluation of the performance of schools before and after moving into new buildings or significantly refurbished premises. Download: An Evaluation of performance of schools before and after moving into new buildings or si
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14/12/06
The advice was commissioned by the Performance and Improvement Division of the Department for Education, Lifelong and Skills to report on the extent to which schools recognise the key themes in the Aiming for Excellence programme as the areas that drive improvement and have taken action to address
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24/11/06
The advice was commissioned by the Additional Needs and Inclusion Division of DELLS in the 2005–06 remit to provide advice on interventions used by schools and local education authorities (LEAs) to tackle attendance issues successfully.
Houses into homes
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Standardised packaging of tobacco products and Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.Learn more »
National Library base for US Radio Travel programme
Welsh Language and Economic Development
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Further and Higher Education (Governance and Information) (Wales) Bill 2013
Community Infrastructure Levy
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