Pre-flight Tool Overview

The pre-flight tool may support you on your journey as you begin to implement the Welsh Government’s recently released curriculum materials.

This document can be used with staff, challenge advisors and other stakeholders to promote discussion about your school’s transition towards Curriculum for Wales 2022. It could support the planning of strategies which will enable you to make progress towards creating a local curriculum that provides universal access to, and acquisition of, the experiences, knowledge and skills that our young people need for employment, lifelong learning and active citizenship and to achieve the four purposes.

The pre-flight tool examines the following areas: Vision, Principles of design, Methodology and Context for learning. It may support you to identify the strengths of your school and the priorities to be addressed as we move towards September 2022. The information gathered can feed into self-evaluation and improvement planning.

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Exemplar pre-flight documents

On the following pages are the completed Pre-Flight documents of a variety of schools in the Partneriaeth region. May we take this opportunity to thank the headteachers for their time and the permission to share their thoughts. Click on the images to download the relevant document.

Primary School 1

  • Type: 3-11 years

  • Language: English

  • Number of Pupils: 157

  • eFSM: 3.7%

  • P / T Ratio: 24.4

  • Attendance: 95.8%

  • Budget / pupil: £3848

  • Support Cat: Green

Primary School 2

  • Type: 3-11 years

  • Language: English

  • Number of Pupils: 228

  • eFSM: 8.1%

  • P / T Ratio: 30.1

  • Attendance: 95.5%

  • Budget / pupil: £3515

  • Support Cat: Green

Primary School 3

  • Type: 3-16 years

  • Language: Dual

  • Number of Pupils: 445

  • eFSM: 59%

  • P / T Ratio: 21.2

  • Attendance: 90.5%

  • Budget / pupil: £4201

  • Support Cat: Amber

Secondary School

  • Type: 11-16

  • Language: English

  • Number of Pupils: 1198

  • eFSM: 16.2%

  • P / T Ratio: 17.2

  • Attendance: 94.9%

  • Budget / pupil: £4010

  • Support Cat: Yellow

Special School

  • Type: Pupils with severe and complex needs

  • Language: English

  • Number of Pupils: 90

  • eFSM: 25%

  • P / T Ratio: Variable

  • Attendance: 94%

  • Budget / pupil: £31000

  • Support Cat: Yellow