Pupils are happy to be back to face to face learning and schools are returning to normal after two years of pandemic disruption, according to the head of Estyn. But Owen Evans, the Chief Inspector for Education and Training in Wales, warned that there remain significant problems in schools in Wales caused by the pandemic.
In his interim annual report 2021-22, published on Wednesday, September 28, Mr Evans said:
- Academic and social skills have suffered.
- Use of spoken Welsh has generally declined
- Attendance is lower than pre-pandemic
- Progress towards the new curriculum, rolled out from this term, is "too variable"
The proportion of young people with a disability, including those from special schools, not in education, training or employment has worsened over the past three years.
