Plaid Cymru’s shadow education secretary has returned to a school that was still a building site when he last visited. Ysgol Awel y Mynydd at Llandudno Junction opened last September as a dual-stream school with the 450 pupils being taught … Continue reading From Mud to modern school
Plaid Cymru Leader Leanne Wood has used today’s First Minister’s Questions to condemn the Labour Welsh Government’s decision to cut the school uniform grant – a move that will affect thousands of families. During First Minister’s Questions, Leanne Wood said: … Continue reading Labour Government uniform grant cut condemned
Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM has criticised plans to move students from a campus in Denbigh halfway through their courses. Almost 100 students currently study at the Denbigh campus of Coleg Llandrillo Menai, which plans to close the centre this … Continue reading ‘Don’t move students halfway through their courses’ – Plaid AM
Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM Llyr Gruffydd has welcomed reassurances by the cabinet secretary for education that she wants to see the university lecturers’ strike resolved. Mr Gruffydd, who is shadow secretary for education, raised the matter during questions this … Continue reading Welsh Government urged to get lecturers’ strike settled
Government cuts to SchoolBeat a retrograde step – Plaid Cutting police visits to schools would be a retrograde step and result in a generation of children losing out on vital advice and information, according to a North Wales AM who has … Continue reading AM joins forces with police commissioner to oppose school police cuts
More must be done to tackle underfunding and looming workforce crisis, argues Plaid AM Plaid Cymru’s Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education, Llyr Gruffydd AM has responded the latest schools categorisation by calling for ‘greater synergy’ between the two systems of … Continue reading Calls to reform “crude traffic lights system” for schools assessments
Plaid Cymru Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education, Llyr Gruffydd AM, has today issued a cautious welcome for the Welsh Government’s proposals for local authorities to keep a database of home-schooled children in their area. Llyr Gruffydd AM added that Plaid … Continue reading Plaid to continue campaign for compulsory register as government’s home-schooling plans fall short
Cutting Police visits to schools would be a retrograde step and result in a generation of children losing out on vital advice and information, according to a North Wales AM, who has called on the Government to rethink its plans to … Continue reading Government cuts to SchoolBeat a retrograde step
“School readiness gap is gaping” warns Llyr Gruffydd Not offering all 3-4 year olds in Wales 30 hours of free childcare risks leaving deprived children further behind, Plaid Cymru Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education Llyr Gruffydd has warned. Mr Gruffydd … Continue reading Plaid pledges more free childcare hours so children can start school on an equal footing
Welsh Government failing to recruit overseas students, whilst Scotland and England numbers increase The Welsh Government should have the power to devolve student visas to help universities attract the brightest and best, Plaid Cymru has said. Plaid Cymru Shadow Cabinet … Continue reading Devolve student visas, says Plaid, as overseas student numbers fall
