The Education Workforce Council has today (1 September 2022) published its revised Code of Professional Conduct and Practice.

The Education Workforce Council (EWC) is the independent, professional regulator for the education workforce in Wales, and is required in legislation to review the Code every three years. The 2022 review of the 2019 Code was completed following a consultation with, and feedback from, registrants, stakeholders, and the public. The revisions made have been mainly cosmetic, or to provide added clarification. 

The Code specifies the standards of professional conduct and practice expected of 82,000 EWC registered education practitioners working across Wales and is intended to guide their judgements and decisions.

The revised Code is available to read  now. 

The Education Workforce Council (EWC) has today (30 August) published a good practice guide developed specifically for education leaders.

Part of a series of guides, the latest is aimed at those in both senior and middle leadership roles, and highlights some useful hints and tips to help guide registrants’ day to day professional judgments and decisions.

The EWC’s suite of good practice guides are designed to complement the Code of Professional Conduct and Practice. Other guides in the series include ‘Professionalism in action’, ‘Using social media responsibly’, and ‘Tackling racism’. The full series is available via the EWC website.

In addition to the good practice guides, the EWC also offers in-house training direct to registrants and employers on a range of topics including the Code, registration, and use of the Professional Learning Passport, as well as a range of support services and events.

For more information, visit the EWC website.

The Education Workforce Council (EWC) has today (26 August) published its Fitness to Practise Annual Report 2021-22, setting out how the organisation has worked to safeguard the interests of learners and young people, parents, guardians, and the public.

As the independent professional regulator for education practitioners in Wales, one of the EWC’s core functions is to investigate and hear a small number of allegations that might call into question a registrant's fitness to practise.

The latest report includes data on the types of cases the EWC deals with (including those currently registered and those applying for registration), trends from year to year, and the profiles of those featured in cases.

The report is available to read now via the EWC website.

The Education Workforce Council (EWC) has today (19 August 2022) published figures for trainee teachers who gained Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in Wales this August.

The figures show a total of 1,236 individuals qualified as teachers in 2021-22, either following a full-time course of initial teacher education in Wales delivered by a university partnership, or, for the first time, through a part-time or salaried programme delivered by the Open University Partnership.

Some key facts and figures about this years’ newly qualified teachers are:

Full-time programmes

• 1,131 trainees qualified as new teachers through full-time initial teacher education programmes
• 55.4% were primary trained
• 44.6% secondary trained
• 72.6% were female
• 86% were under the age of 30

Part-time or salaried programmes

• 105 trainees gained QTS through the part-time or salaried initial teacher education programmes
• 72.4% were primary trained
• 27.6% were secondary trained
• 81% were female
• 37.2% were under the age of 30

All initial teacher education programmes that run in Wales are accredited by the EWC.

The full results are available to read via the EWC website.