CCfW News
Commissioner responds to Welsh Government decision to move secondary schools to online learning
10 December 2020 Statement by the Children’s Commissioner for Wales in response to the Welsh Government’s decision to move secondary […]
Exclusion from school ‘should be phased out’ for youngest learners
2 December 2020 Exclusion from school is ‘useless’ to children and their families, and should be phased out for children […]
Commissioner welcomes Welsh Government’s 2021 exams decision
Responding to the announcement from the Education Minister, Kirsty Williams, that there will be no GCSE, AS and A-Level exams […]
An open letter to Wales’ young people – 2021 Exams
9 November 2020 Dear Wales’ young people This summer, I wrote to you all about how I felt about this […]
Commissioner responds to latest lockdown annoucement
19 October 2020 “Our consultation of nearly 24000 children and young people during the first national lockdown highlighted that school […]
Commissioner publishes briefing on BAME children’s experiences of lockdown
29 September 2020 Children’s Commissioner’s briefing evidences systematic disadvantages faced by Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) children living in Wales […]
Announcement of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales’ review of Welsh Government actions
22 September 2020 Professor Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales, is to review the Welsh Government’s response to Dylan Seabridge’s […]
Commissioner calls for children in Wales to be awarded their centre assessed grades
17 August 2020 The Commissioner also called on Welsh Government to consider delaying GCSE results until ‘they can achieve pupil […]
Commissioner’s open letter to young people
16 August 2020 Dear Wales’ young people Last Thursday was never going to be like other exam results day; the […]