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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…

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…

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…

Mae Lab Data Addysg WISERD, sydd newydd ei sefydlu, wedi lansio cyfres o negeseuon blog i rannu ei ddadansoddiadau diweddaraf â chynulleidfa ehangach. Mae’r labordy yn bwriadu cynhyrchu tystiolaeth sy’n seiliedig ar ymchwil o safon uchel gan ddefnyddio data gweinyddol o’r sector addysg i gefnogi’r sector yng Nghymru. Er mwyn ymgymryd â’r gwaith hwn, mae…

This blog outlines preliminary findings from a larger WISERD Education Data Lab project exploring non-attendance and school exclusions. Here we draw on annual attendance data and pupil level data. We explore the total number of school sessions missed by a cohort of young people over an 11-year period, from age 5 years old (Year 1)…

A previous blog introduced the context and patterns of early entries to GCSEs in Wales. This blog builds on this to examine the practice of multiple entry and the effect that this has on grades. Using national data of all pupils in Wales who completed Year 11 between 2006 and 2018, we distinguished between pupils…

GCSE entry practices in Wales have meant that many pupils may have sat their GCSE examinations, and thereby certified, before the traditional end-of-Year-11 point of their academic career. Not only have some pupils experienced early entry, some have been entered multiple times in order to maximise the final grade achieved. Influences on the practice of…

By generating high quality research-based evidence, the newly established WISERD Education Data Lab aims to help inform and challenge our understanding of educational processes and outcomes and to support the Wales education sector to meet the aims set out by the Welsh Government in their national mission for 2017-2021. In order to undertake this work,…

      Mae’r adroddiad hwn yn rhoi trosolwg o’n gweithgareddau ymchwil yn 2019 – blwyddyn sydd wedi dynodi diwedd un bennod a dechrau pennod newydd, ac wedi cryfhau sefyllfa WISERD fel canolfan ymchwil genedlaethol bwysig. Darllenwch ragor am ein proffil incwm diweddaraf, y gwaith sydd ar y gweill i gryfhau ein cysylltiadau rhyngwladol, ein…

WalesOnline, 7th June 2020 Read the full article. Professor Chris Taylor is quoted in the article: “Much of the research on transitions says that it is the familiarisation with high school that is important – knowing where to go, who the teachers are, how work is organised, how much homework there will be, will they get…