Estyn and Essential Skills

The following are extracts from Supplementary guidance for schools on inspecting skills, Estyn, May 2010. We believe our system provides a robust platform from which to address these issues.


“You should consider the coherence and consistency of the approach to developing pupils’ skills across the school. You may judge how well marking and assessment help pupils to develop their skills and to reflect on their work and make progress.”

“You may examine how information about pupils’ skills is shared between staff. “

“You may consider how well the school identifies the need for support for skills as early as possible, as well as the tracking of pupils’ progress. This work will include the tracking of progress of individual pupils as well as tracking progress of groups of pupils at year group, key stage and whole school levels, and the setting of targets for improvement.”

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