Curriculum for Wales

From 31 January 2025, the Curriculum for Wales framework guidance has been updated.
Changes include updates to the Languages, Literacy and Communication guidance to:
- emphasise the role of the systematic and consistent teaching of phonics to help learners decode words
- clarify that the role of context and pictures is to help learners understand the meaning of what they read and not to decode words
- amend some of the definitions that appear when you hover over a term to clarify the meanings of terms used in this guidance
Updates to the Introduction and Summary of Legislation to better link personalised assessments with progression and assessment and to clarify legislative changes relating to personalised assessments from September.
Other minor changes will be completed during February 2025:
- to update wording for consistency across sections
- to update wording to reflect that the curriculum is now being used in all maintained schools as well as in other settings
- amendments to hover-over definitions to ensure consistency in Welsh and English
- to address technical issues with hyperlinks and typographical errors
These updates aim to enhance clarity and consistency for educators and learners across Wales.

Supporting materials for curriculum, assessment and evaluating learner progress

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Getting started

Introduction to Curriculum for Wales guidance
Introduces the four purposes, what's new, why it's changing and who the curriculum guidance is for
Summary of legislation
Explains the legal status of the curriculum guidance, the proposed legal duties on schools and what these mean in practice
Designing your curriculum
General guidance for designing your curriculum across all areas of learning and experience
Assessment arrangements
Guidance and information for designing assessment arrangements within a school curriculum
Continuing the journey
Guidance to support schools with a common set of expectations, priorities and supporting information for curriculum design
14 to 16 learning guidance
Forms part of the Curriculum for Wales Framework statutory guidance

Areas of learning and experience

National Network for Curriculum Implementation

The National Network will be an opportunity for all interested practitioners to get involved in national co-construction to address our shared challenges and opportunities.