In Wrexham County Borough Council we recognise the impact that education and learning has on all age groups and in Wrexham we have many good schools and formal and informal education settings. Over the last few years, Wrexham County Borough Council and its partners, have worked towards ensuring all our learners have equal access to high quality education by improving our Local Authority offer of support, challenge and interventions to create a sustainable and self-improving system. Moving forward it is essential that we raise education outcomes and aspirations across the County Borough providing all our learners with the opportunities to reach their potential, whatever their age, background or circumstance, giving all our learners the best possible chance in life.
In doing this we recognise that there is still a significant gap in educational outcomes within and across groups of learners; including learners with additional learning needs and learners who are impacted by poverty. Working collaboratively with our partners, we will support learners to overcome the barriers to learning. We will deliver an effective additional learning needs offer, provide accessible learning environments, improve transition between stages of learning and focus on early interventions to support learners to overcome challenges and actively contribute to their learning. We will aim to tackle inequalities in educational outcomes, including reducing the impact of poverty on learners’ progression and attainment and supporting our learners to have improved emotional health and well-being.
In improving education outcomes we recognise the importance of different stages of education and learning and how each stage impacts on the next. Therefore this priority isn’t just about our learners at school age but providing skills for life. We will continue to support schools to develop a broad curriculum in line with the New Curriculum of Wales and support our children and young people in becoming ambitious and capable learners ensuring that our learners are ready and supported to access apprenticeships, training opportunities, higher education and retraining. We want to focus on improving lifelong learning opportunities and will continue to develop and deliver adult learning provisions, by working with our partners and the range of education settings we have within the County Borough. Providing people with the opportunities to develop their skills and to raise and achieve their aspirations.
Our Priority Outcomes; what we want to work towards:
*indicates a Strategic Equality Objective
- In order to support our economic and well-being ambitions for Wrexham, learners of all ages have improved outcomes, are able to achieve their potential and become active participants in their community.
- Our learners are supported to be engaged and aspirational; making the most of new skills, training and learning opportunities for children and young people.
- Our learners should attend school on a regular basis with more children and families supported at an earlier stage, to increase attendance, improve safeguarding, reduce exclusions and improve behaviour.
- Our learners actively contribute to their learning, have improved resilience, health and well-being and are supported by effective collaboration with our partners.
- * All learners are supported to improve their education outcomes, and inequalities in outcomes between different groups of learners will be reduced.
- * Our learners have a positive learning experience through access to an environment that is accessible and fit for purpose and allows a choice of Welsh and English medium education.
This Priority contributes directly to the following Wales Well-being Goals:
- A prosperous Wales
- A resilient Wales
- A more equal Wales
- A Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language