WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

Start date:

Mawrth 2019

Status:

Cyfredol

Mae'r cynnwys hwn ar gael yn Saesneg yn unig.

The WISERD Education Data Lab uses adminstrative data and advanced statistical methods to quantify trends in educational outcomes across Wales.

Projects:

Participation in and Progression Through Education in Wales
A Geospatial Analysis of the Factors Shaping Educational Outcomes in Wales
Does timing matter? Exploring the timing and impact of receiving Additional Learning Needs support on educational outcomes

Research team

Alexandra Sandu

Research Assistant

Prifysgol Caerdydd

Chris Taylor

Cyfarwyddwr Academaidd, SPARC

Prifysgol Caerdydd

Foteini Tseliou

Research Associate

Prifysgol Caerdydd

Jennifer May Hampton

Cydymaith Ymchwil

Prifysgol Caerdydd

Martijn Hogerbrugge

Cydymaith Ymchwil

Prifysgol Caerdydd

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

Classroom exclusions: patterns, practices, and pupil perceptions

This paper examines the under-researched phenomenon of classroom exclusions and their implications for school exclusions. Responses from nearly 1500 secondary school pupils indicate that being expelled from the classroom is a common phenomenon. On average, one-third of pupils have been asked to leave the classroom at some point in the previous year. However, it is…

Addysg, Anghydraddoldeb | Excluded Lives, WISERD Addysg | Medi 2022

Front page of Data Insight by Alexandra Sandu and Jennifer May Hampton

Adroddiadau a Briffiau

Engagement with the Hwb virtual learning environment during Covid-19 school closures

This Data Insight outlines preliminary findings on engagement with the Hwb virtual learning environment by pupils in primary, secondary and special school sectors during the academic year 2019/2020.

Addysg, Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg | Awst 2022

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

Re-educating the nation? The development of a new curriculum for Wales

This Special Issue explores the many issues that arise when a country decides to rewrite the school curriculum––and particularly when that rewriting entails a radical departure from a conventional subject-based approach.

Addysg, Lleoliadau | Dyfodol llwyddiannus i bawb | Mai 2020

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

‘Successful futures’ for all in Wales? The challenges of curriculum reform for addressing educational inequalities

This paper focuses on the implications of the transformative student‐centred curriculum being developed in Wales for tackling educational inequalities. Informed by long‐standing debates within the sociology of education about the role of school knowledge in social and cultural reproduction, our research outlines some of the challenges that those implementing the new Curriculum for Wales need…

Addysg, Anghydraddoldeb | Dyfodol llwyddiannus i bawb | Mawrth 2020

Erthyglau Cyfnodolyn

The rationale for subsidiarity as a principle applied within curriculum reform and its unintended consequences

Following trends across the developed world to devolve power and responsibility for public services to more local agencies, curriculum reforms in several countries have been characterised by policies designed to increase teacher agency and professionalism as a means of achieving successful change. In Wales, this approach has been promoted through adoption of a principle of…

Addysg | Dyfodol llwyddiannus i bawb | Chwefror 2020

Successful futures for all: Explorations of curriculum reform - front

Adroddiadau a Briffiau

Dyfodol llwyddiannus i bawb: Ymchwiliadau i ddiwygio’r cwricwlwm

Gallwch ei lawrlwytho yma Crynodeb gweithredol Nodau Roedd dau nod i’r rhaglen ymchwil: roedd y cyntaf yn ymwneud â’r angen i nodi materion sy’n codi wrth ddatblygu’r cwricwlwm fel y maent yn berthnasol i anfantais; roedd yr ail yn ymwneud â’r angen i adeiladu capasiti ymchwil addysg yng Nghymru. Rhaglen ymchwil Er mwyn bodloni dau…

Addysg | Dyfodol llwyddiannus i bawb | Gorffennaf 2019

Successful Futures Independent Review of Curriculum and Assessment Arrangements in Wales, welsh cover

Adroddiadau a Briffiau

Dyfodol Llwyddiannus Adolygiadau Annibynnol o’r Cwricwlwm a’r Trefniadau Asesu yng Nghymru (Adolygiad Donaldson)

Gallwch ei lawrlwytho yma. Ers datganoli, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gweithredu ystod o ddiwygiadau blaengar i’r cwricwlwm sydd wedi ceisio meithrin brwdfrydedd tuag at ddysgu, datblygu sgiliau a chymwyseddau academaidd allweddol a hybu dinasyddiaeth gref. Bellach, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymrwymo i adolygiad sylfaenol ac annibynnol o’r cwricwlwm cenedlaethol a’r trefniadau asesu yng Nghymru. Mae’r…

Addysg, Lleoliadau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Dyfodol llwyddiannus i bawb | Ionawr 2015

Newyddion

Caerdydd yw dinas gyntaf y DU sy’n Gyfeillgar i Blant (UNICEF)

27 Hydref 2023 | Alexandra Sandu, Chris Taylor, Ian Thomas, Jennifer Keating, Katy Huxley, Kelly Regan, Laura Arman, Rhian Barrance, Rhys Davies, Robert French, Sally Power, Zoe Rozelaar

Mae cyfoeth o arbenigedd yn ymchwil y gwyddorau cymdeithasol wedi helpu Caerdydd i ddod yn Ddinas gyntaf y DU sy’n Gyfeillgar i Blant, sef un o raglenni UNICEF. Dyfarnwyd y statws o bwys i’r ddinas i gydnabod y camau y mae Cyngor Caerdydd a’i bartneriaid, gan gynnwys Prifysgol Caerdydd, wedi’u cymryd yn ystod y pum…

Addysg, Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Astudiaeth Aml-garfan Addysg WISERD, WISERD Addysg, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg, YDG Cymru

Blogiau

Yn ôl arolwg rhyngwladol, mae llesiant goddrychol plant Cymru yn ystod y pandemig yn is na’r cyfartaledd

2 Mehefin 2023 | Alexandra Sandu

Yn fy mlogiau blaenorol ym mhrosiect Bydoedd Plant, edrychon ni ar effaith y pandemig ar lesiant plant Cymru mewn perthynas â’r ysgol ac a ydyn nhw’n byw mewn ardaloedd trefol neu wledig yng Nghymru. Ar gyfer y drydedd ran hon, yr olaf, rydym bellach yn troi ein sylw at y modd y mae lefel gyffredinol…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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Plant Cymru yn llai bodlon â’r ysgol yn ystod y pandemig nag yr oeddent cyn y pandemig

19 Ebrill 2023 | Alexandra Sandu

Mae’r postiad blog hwn yn ail ran mewn cyfres sy’n cyflwyno canfyddiadau rhagarweiniol ar lesiant plant yng Nghymru cyn ac yn ystod pandemig Covid-19. Mae’n defnyddio data o’r Arolwg Rhyngwladol o Lesiant Plant (ISCWeB) — Bydoedd Plant, arolwg byd-eang ar les goddrychol plant, gyda’r don hon yn cynnwys 20 gwlad i gyd. Cynhaliwyd yr arolwg…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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Arolwg rhyngwladol yn canfod bod plant mewn ardaloedd trefol yng Nghymru’n nodi gostyngiad yn eu lles cyffredinol yn ystod y pandemig

9 Chwefror 2023 | Alexandra Sandu

Does dim gwadu bod yr aflonyddwch i fywyd bob dydd a achoswyd gan bandemig y coronafeirws wedi cael dylanwad dwys ar les plant, gydag amryw o sefydliadau rhyngwladol (e.e. WHO, UNESCO, WFP, UNICEF) yn gofyn bod mwy yn cael ei wneud i gynorthwyo plant i ymdopi â hyn, er mwyn osgoi canlyniadau negyddol hirdymor. Yng…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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Reasons for school exclusions in Wales

29 Medi 2022 | Foteini Tseliou

Pupils might be excluded for a wide range of reasons, from minor breaches such as disruptive behaviour to severe, such as violent behaviour towards others. Exclusion should be implemented as the result of accumulation of many misdemeanours rather than as the school’s first route of action. Although most pupils who are excluded return to school,…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau | Excluded Lives, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

Newyddion

Ymgysylltu ag amgylchedd dysgu rhithwir Hwb yn ystod y cyfnodau cau ysgolion oherwydd Covid-19

23 Awst 2022 | Alexandra Sandu, Jennifer May Hampton

Mae Dogfennaeth Deall Data newydd gan Dr Alexandra Sandu a Dr Jennifer May Hampton o Labordy Data Addysg WISERD ac a gynhyrchwyd gan dîm ymchwil addysg ADR Cymru bellach ar gael: Ymgysylltu ag amgylchedd dysgu rhithwir Hwb yn ystod y cyfnod cau ysgolion oherwydd Covid-19 . Mae’r adroddiad hwn yn nodi canfyddiadau cynnar ynghylch y…

Addysg, Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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The more types of special education needs a pupil has, the more at risk of exclusion they are

22 Ebrill 2022 | Foteini Tseliou

The presence of special education needs (SEN) and variations in school-level provision can cause disruptions in a pupil’s educational journey, especially when that child’s needs change as they progress through key stages. This may especially be the case when pupils have multiple needs, including mental health and communication difficulties. Furthermore, gaps between the time of…

Addysg | Excluded Lives, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

Yn yr wasg

Pryderon ynghylch plant sydd ar goll o’r ystafell ddosbarth

11 Mawrth 2022 | Chris Taylor

Nododd yr Athro Chris Taylor, cyfarwyddwr academaidd sbarc I spark ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, yn y Western Mail a’r South Wales Echo heddiw ei bod yn bosibl bod plant a rhieni’n teimlo bod yr ysgol yn “ddewisol”, yn enwedig ar ddydd Gwener, yn dilyn dwy flynedd o darfu yn sgîl y pandemig. Darllenwch yr erthygl yn…

Addysg | WISERD Addysg, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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Complex special education needs – type and timing are important factors

31 Ionawr 2022 | Foteini Tseliou

Characteristics closely linked to educational outcomes can vary by individual pupils’ situations and can be the result of a complex interplay between a number of risk factors. For example, being classified as having a disability such as communication difficulties, and experiencing behavioural and mental health problems can increase the risk of losing school days, which…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau | Excluded Lives, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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How special education needs change over time

20 Hydref 2021 | Foteini Tseliou

Pupil needs can vary significantly and might require for the provision of individually tailored special education and/or additional support. Special education needs (SEN) have been linked with a number of adverse outcomes including poor mental health and loss of school days, which in turn can lead to deterioration of mental health, highlighting the need to…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau | Excluded Lives, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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Special education needs of excluded children in Wales

5 Awst 2021 | Foteini Tseliou

Pupils differ significantly in terms of their individual characteristics and needs. It’s therefore important for schools to be able to identify and assess the level of need/disability, and provide for pupils with learning difficulties that call for special education provision, described as special education needs (SEN). Under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales)…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau | Excluded Lives, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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Area level variations of school exclusions across Wales

23 Mehefin 2021 | Foteini Tseliou

School practices on discipline and punishment of disruptive behaviour can affect the exclusion rates being recorded and they have been shown to vary across different jurisdictions of the UK. These practices could be closely linked to and shaped by pupil-level characteristics and needs, including free school meals (FSM) eligibility and special education needs (SEN) provision…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau | Excluded Lives, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

Newyddion

Cyfarwyddwr WISERD wedi’i hethol i Gyngor BERA

11 Mehefin 2021 | Sally Power

Mae Cyfarwyddwr WISERD, yr Athro Sally Power, wedi’i hethol i fod yn rhan o Gyngor Cymdeithas Ymchwil Addysg Prydain (BERA). Mae BERA yn gymdeithas aelodaeth a dysgedig sydd wedi ymrwymo i hyrwyddo ansawdd ymchwil, datblygu gallu ymchwil a meithrin ymgysylltiad ag ymchwil. Eu nod yw llywio datblygiad polisïau ac ymarfer trwy hyrwyddo’r dystiolaeth o’r ansawdd…

Addysg | Dyfodol llwyddiannus i bawb

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Characteristics of excluded children in Wales

13 Mai 2021 | Foteini Tseliou

Annual official reports published by the Welsh Government primarily focus on exclusion instances; their yearly trends and variations by key characteristics, such as ethnicity and reason for exclusion. However, there is a need to expand this analysis by focusing on excluded individuals and the potential consequences of school exclusions on pupil outcomes. This would be…

Data a Dulliau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Excluded Lives, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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School exclusions in Wales on the rise

7 Mai 2021 | Foteini Tseliou

There is evidence to suggest that school exclusions can have negative effects on children’s lives. Exclusions have been associated with poor educational outcomes, and long-term physical and mental health problems. We need to investigate how patterns of exclusions and characteristics of excluded pupils differ across time and can help to inform current understanding of possible…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Excluded Lives, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

Yn yr wasg

Covid: Ysgolion yn cael eu rhybuddio i beidio â llethu disgyblion

18 Mawrth 2021 | Catherine Foster

Yn ôl Dr Catherine Foster (WISERD), ymchwilydd o Brifysgol Caerdydd, mae plant o gefndiroedd difreintiedig yn fwy tebygol o fod ar ei hôl hi gyda’u gwaith ysgol wrth ddysgu gartref. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56423630

Addysg, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Astudiaeth Aml-garfan Addysg WISERD, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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Gwir effaith y coronafeirws ar genhedlaeth o blant o Gymru

10 Mawrth 2021 | Catherine Foster, Jennifer May Hampton

Ar gyfweliad Ar-lein Cymru, dywedodd Dr Catherine Foster fod bywyd wedi “newid yn ddramatig” i lawer o bobl ifanc a ddioddefodd effeithiau fel unigrwydd a cholli trefn arferol. Dywedodd: “Er bod rhai plant wedi gallu parhau i fynd i’r ysgol o leiaf rhan o’r amser, mae’r mwyafrif wedi colli’r drefn a’r strwythur y mae presenoldeb…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | Astudiaeth Aml-garfan Addysg WISERD, WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

Yn yr wasg

Cymwysterau ac asesu

2 Hydref 2020 | Jennifer May Hampton

Gorfodwyd Llywodraeth Cymru i fynd yn eu holau ynghylch y dull graddio y cytunwyd arno gyda’r rheoleiddiwr Cymwysterau Cymru, ar ôl i wrthdystiad dros fyfyrwyr yn cael graddau is arwain at dro pedol yn yr Alban a newidiadau yn Lloegr. Cynhaliwyd adolygiad yr unfed awr ar ddeg i wneud yn siŵr nad oedd disgyblion ar…

Addysg | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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Bydoedd Plant

2 Hydref 2020 | Jennifer May Hampton

Yn ôl tîm o ymchwilwyr WISERD mae gan blant yng Nghymru rai o’r lefelau isaf o les ymysg plant ar draws 35 o wledydd. Mae arolwg o 128,000 o blant ar draws 35 o wledydd yn codi cwestiynau ynghylch lefelau lles a brofir ar draws gwahanol feysydd o fywydau plant yng Nghymru. Darllenwch ynghylch yr…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

Newyddion

Mae adroddiad diweddar gan Lab Data Addysg WISERD yn dadansoddi effaith Prosiect Sbectrwm Hafan Cymru

1 Hydref 2020 | Jennifer May Hampton

Mae’r Prosiect Sbectrwm yn rhaglen addysgol arbenigol ar gyfer codi ymwybyddiaeth, ataliol a dwyieithog, sy’n cyflwyno sesiynau ar bob agwedd ar Berthnasoedd Iach a VAWDASV (Trais yn erbyn Menywod, Cam-drin Domestig a Thrais Rhywiol) i ddisgyblion a staff mewn ysgolion ledled Cymru. Mae’n cysylltu â blaenoriaethau Atal, Amddiffyn a Chefnogaeth a amlinellir yn Neddf a…

Addysg | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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COVID-19, home learning and educational inequalities

30 Medi 2020 | Jennifer May Hampton

As children across Wales and the rest of the UK have returned to school after an unprecedented length of time off, the focus on how to keep both children and staff safe has been of paramount importance for parents, teachers, and policy makers. Attention must also be paid to the potentially unequal consequences that…

Addysg, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

Newyddion

Mae astudiaeth ryngwladol yn datgelu lefelau isel o les ymysg plant yng Nghymru

20 Awst 2020 | Chris Taylor, Jennifer May Hampton, Sally Power

Mae arolwg o 128,000 o blant ar draws 35 o wledydd yn codi cwestiynau ynghylch lefelau lles a brofir ar draws gwahanol feysydd o fywydau plant yng Nghymru. Yn ôl tîm o ymchwilwyr WISERD mae gan blant yng Nghymru rai o’r lefelau isaf o les ymysg plant ar draws 35 o wledydd. Holodd y tîm…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau, Iechyd, Lles a Gofal Cymdeithasol, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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Well-being of school children in Wales: European comparisons

20 Awst 2020 | Jennifer May Hampton

Recent results from the Children’s Worlds study revealed that children in Wales have some of the lowest levels of well-being amongst children surveyed in 35 countries. Children’s Worlds is an international study of children’s subjective well-being, with the third and most recent survey including over 128,000 children, surveyed between 2016 – 2019. This is the…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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Well-being of school children in Wales: bullying

20 Awst 2020 | Jennifer May Hampton

As the start of another school year approaches, amongst the many challenges that providing a COVID-safe educational environment poses, reintegrating learners into a safe and secure learning environment will be key. Concerns have rightly been raised about young people’s mental health and welfare during these unprecedented times. Our research with children and young people as…

Addysg, Data a Dulliau | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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GCSE results day 2020

20 Awst 2020 | Jennifer May Hampton

Today sees the release of GCSE results for pupils across the UK. The last-minute changes to the awarding of A level grades last week saw similar changes made to the awarding of GCSE results. Pupils will now receive the centre assessment grade, provided by their school, if it was higher than the calculated grade, produced…

Addysg, Anghydraddoldeb, Data a Dulliau | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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A level results day 2020

13 Awst 2020 | Jennifer May Hampton

In the shadow of the fallout from the qualifications results announced for young people in Scotland earlier this month, and last-minute amendments made by the Welsh and English governments to the awarding of grades, this blog reflects on the steps taken to calculate grades, necessitated by these unprecedented times. Detailed information is now publicly available…

Addysg, Y Gymdeithas Sifil | WISERD Lab Data Addsyg

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COVID-19 and the uncertainty for new Welsh undergraduates

6 Gorffennaf 2020 | Jennifer May Hampton

Note: This blog has been updated on 28 July to include Student Loan Company data to the end of June 2020. There has been much discussion, forecasting and concern around the impact of COVID-19 on the higher education sector. With many universities beginning to slowly lay out their intended teaching and learning practices for the…