Chief inspector Ann Keane told an audience of around 170 Welsh secondary headteachers that new English, Welsh and maths qualifications – which schools will begin teaching next year – would better prepare students for higher and further education as well as employment, but warned that teachers would have to adapt.
Speaking at one of the biggest education conferences ever held in Wales, the head of education inspectorate Estyn said the PISA exams taken by more than 500,000 15-year-olds in 68 countries tested “the skills that a good education should deliver”.
Ms Keane, who is nearing the end of her five-year term in office, said: “It’s become clear to me that the skills being taught in our schools have not been aligned with PISA skills ... I don’t believe we’ve been supporting pupils well enough.”
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