This report presents findings of the first wave of qualitative research with 64 senior leaders in schools and Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) which examined schools’ early experiences of roll-out of Curriculum for Wales (CfW)… Read More
COVID–19, Education and Learning: Amplifying Young Children’s Voices
The document provides a report on a study that sought to amplify the voices of young children, aged 3-6years during the Covid-19 pandemic, about their experiences of education at that time. The report details the methodology adopted during the study, which includes the use of creative and participatory methods designed to ensure that researchers could access and record the experiences of the young children… Read More
Cost of living and education 2022
The findings of this report show that the cost of living crisis is increasingly impacting families, with prices rising and parents struggling to make their incomes stretch… Read More
Understanding Welsh Places
Understanding Welsh Places provides you with useful data and geographical information about your town or local area. The graphics, maps and guidance on the website have been developed to enable you to explore the data you need to help you identify opportunities for your local community and make a difference in the place where you live or work… Read More
Poverty Survey Findings Report 2022
Children in Wales launches the findings from their 6th Annual Child and Family Poverty surveys This report shares the experiences and views of practitioners and professionals working with over 41,500 children and families across Wales and importantly, hears the voices and experiences of children and young people themselves… Read More
‘Sky’s the Limit Design Brief’ by Become for young care leavers
During National Care Leavers’ Week 2021, Become launched a new group project – Sky’s the Limit – to redesign ‘leaving care’ and offer a fresh and aspirational vision for how the care system should be supporting care-experienced young adults… Read More
Improving care leavers’ experiences of the welfare system
Care experienced young people face a range of challenges in accessing Universal Credit and other welfare support. To address this, Leicestershire Care have worked with Learning and Work Institute to develop six key policy asks to improve welfare support for care leavers… Read More
Thematic report: The status of foster carers
Foster carers provide children with stability, security, attachment and a positive experience of family life… Read More
State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021: Spotlight on Wales
The State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021: Spotlight on Wales report highlights the challenges foster care in Wales has to overcome and what more needs to be done to provide our children with… Read More
State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021
The State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021 report, published in December 2021, provided further evidence of the recruitment and retention crisis in foster care but highlights how the need to value and recognise the foster carer role is at the heart of the crisis… Read More
