3. Statement by the Minister for Education: Curriculum and Assessment Reform: A White Paper on Proposals for Legislative Change

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:06 pm on 29 January 2019.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 4:06, 29 January 2019

Thank you, Rhianon, for that. Clearly, the middle tier, which includes our local education authorities, Estyn and the regional school improvement services, will have a critical role to play in ensuring that the curriculum is adopted and delivered to a very high standard. What I would like to do is to reassure schools that we will be using this period of time between the publication of the AoLEs, the passage of this legislation, and the statutory roll-out in 2022 to make sure that all aspects of our education system are up to speed and that any judgments that the school improvement service may or may not make as regards the effectiveness of the school—the personnel that they deploy to that school will be well-versed in the pedagogical principles and the ethos of this curriculum.