{"id":63708,"date":"2022-02-25T15:22:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=63708"},"modified":"2022-02-25T15:23:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:23:01","slug":"cardiffs-10-year-strategy-on-welsh-medium-teaching-is-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/02\/25\/cardiffs-10-year-strategy-on-welsh-medium-teaching-is-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff&#8217;s 10-year strategy on Welsh medium teaching is approved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Council approves plan despite criticism that it is lacking in detail<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A 10-YEAR strategy to boost Welsh medium teaching has been approved by Cardiff council despite being <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/02\/22\/plan-to-increase-welsh-medium-teaching-short-on-detail-say-heads\/\">criticised <\/a>by teaching staff for not being practical or detailed enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople want more detail and underpinning, but we\u2019re very clear that the detail will be coming forward. This is the strategy rather than a detailed plan,\u201d said Sarah Merry, Cabinet Member for Education, Employment and Skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s always a frustration for people when you\u2019re dealing with a strategy document.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Welsh in Education Strategic Plan stems from <em>Cymraeg 2050<\/em>, the Welsh Government\u2019s strategy to have one million Welsh speakers and 40% of children receiving a Welsh-medium education by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One criticism of the draft policy was made by Matthew H T Evans, headteacher of Ysgol Glantaf in Llandaff North, who said: \u201cThere are very few firm proposals, and these shortcomings lead us to believe that it is highly unlikely the targets will be achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have an incredible opportunity to reshape the landscape of Welsh medium education in the city &#8211; and it looks like Cardiff Council will miss the mark. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pczlz7aThX\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pczlz7aThX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rhys Taylor (@syhrtaylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/syhrtaylor\/status\/1496178964640976896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Rhys Taylor, Gabalfa councillor and leader of Cardiff&#8217;s Liberal Democrats commenting on the plans. <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Responses to the council\u2019s eight-week consultation on the draft policy were discussed at Tuesday\u2019s Scrutiny Committee meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a strategic 10-year plan so it has to be a strategy and not listing out all of the actions as some of the consultees would like to have seen,\u201d said Richard Portas, director of Cardiff Council\u2019s School Organisation Programme.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have provided more clarity since the original draft of the plan went out and we feel that we\u2019ve really tightened up the wording and made it as clear as it can be in that strategic context,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will be setting action plans by September 2022 which will put a bit more meat on the bones regarding how we are going to achieve some of the targets set.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of these targets is to increase the number of five-year-olds receiving a Welsh-medium education, from 19% in 2022 to 30% by 2032.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also aims to increase the number of Welsh-medium nursery, primary, and secondary school places, so more pupils gain qualifications in Welsh and have all subjects taught in Welsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This would mean increasing the amount of Welsh-speaking teaching staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at yesterday\u2019s meeting, Councillor Merry said: \u201cThe basic aim is to ensure that absolutely every child in Cardiff can receive an education in Welsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also want to make sure there are no barriers preventing parents or children from taking up a Welsh-medium education.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly approved plans will take effect in Cardiff\u2019s schools from September 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Council approves plan despite criticism that it is lacking in detail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":740,"featured_media":63715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,3],"tags":[1291,52,614,290,1771,295,7428],"coauthors":[7298],"class_list":["post-63708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiff-bay","category-news","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-council","tag-pupils","tag-schools","tag-welsh-education","tag-welsh-language","tag-welsh-teaching"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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