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28/01/2014

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Good evening. The quality of teaching in Wales needs to improve

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if education standards are to have any chance of getting better. That's

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the message from the schools watchdog Estyn, in its annual

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report. According to inspectors, the number of secondary schools that are

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unsatisfactory has increased from one in seven to one in four. Here's

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our education correspondent. BBC Three's hit programme Tough

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Young Teachers follows a group of graduates working for the Teach

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First charity. They pick the brightest students from the best

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universities and send them to work in challenging schools. They've just

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started working in Wales. But today's Estyn report raises concerns

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about our current crop of teachers. The most important resource in any

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education system is the quality of the teachers, and the quality of the

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teaching in school. Recent data showed that over half our teachers

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qualified with a 2.1 degree or higher. So what type of salary can

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they expect? For a newly qualified teacher, it's around ?21,000, going

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up to ?31,000 after six years. Heads generally start off at around

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?70,000 a year, and can earn over ?100,000. Unions argue that teachers

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are worth every penny. What's most needed is time to train and develop

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throughout their careers. We need to insure that access to professional

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development is easily and readily available, is high quality and

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resourced. Where we have quality teachers, we need to ensure they

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have the risk -- the opportunity to share that within schools. At

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Cwmtawe secondary school, they use data on every pupil to set very

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ambitious targets. As a result, they believe underachievement is being

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tackled. It is very important to challenge people, but also support

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them. It is one thing to set challenge people, but also support

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children high target grades, another to make

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issue raised in the report is how to tackle poverty. At Mount Stuart

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Primary School tackle poverty. At Mount Stuart

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out of ten pupils don't have English or Welsh as a first language. A

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they overcome those challenges by getting parents into the school for

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one day a week. Parents now expect to come in, they sit at the tables,

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and they will do the maths activities. We even had information

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technology, and the parents were really interested. Today's report

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caps what has been a disappointing 12 months for education in Wales.

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GCSE results showed signs of improvement, but A-levels and the

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PISA tests, which chart Wales's progress against other countries,

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were a real disappointment. Policies that are just beginning to bite,

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that will make a difference, like our literacy and numerous E

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framework, our new testing regime, and our support network around

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teachers, and there will be more to come. But this isn't enough for the

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opposition parties, who say the government should apologise for

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mismanaging the education sector in Wales. Yet again, we're faced with

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another worrying report on the state of education. The priority would

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seem to be how to help teachers across Wales.

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There are major problems with the way the Welsh Assembly operates.

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That's according a survey of AMs. Just over half of the 60 Assembly

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Members responded to questions by the Electoral Reform Society, with

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four out of five saying time in full Assembly sessions was not used

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effectively. The society has now backed calls for a review of

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procedures. The Presiding Officer says she has wrought in changes for

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backbench AMs to scrutinise the government.

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Two hired killers who murdered a teenage boy when they went to the

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wrong house have launched an appeal against their sentences. 17-year-old

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Aamir Siddiqi from Cardiff was stabbed to death on his doorstep in

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front of his parents, who were also injured in the attack. Jason

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Richards, who's 39, and Ben Hope, who's 40, were convicted last year

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and handed life sentences with a minimum of 40 years.

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A farmer's plan to build a dairy for 1,000 cows has been put on hold,

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after an animal welfare group intervened. The World Society for

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the Protection of Animals has been granted a judicial review into the

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decision to allow the dairy at Leighton, near Welshpool. The Welsh

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Government had previously approved the plan, despite a public inquiry

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inspector recommending against it. Wales's head coach says it was one

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of the hardest selections he's had to make. Regular skipper Sam

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Warburton is only on the bench for Saturday's opener against Italy,

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despite being passed fit. The captain's arm-band passes to

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Alun-Wyn Jones, with Rhys Priestland picked at fly-half.

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As the Lions tour ended, the Six Nations begins, with Alun-Wyn Jones

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Warren Gatland's chosen man Nations begins, with Alun-Wyn Jones

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the troops. Sam Warburton is fit after testing his injured shoulder

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the troops. Sam Warburton is fit in training, but he will take a

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back-seat against in training, but he will take a

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we have at number seven. in training, but he will take a

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felt we would give Justin the opportunity to start at seven, and

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then putting Sam on the bench. It's a team full of experience. Paul

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James plays at prop, with Gethin Jenkins given an extra week to build

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up his troublesome knee. Justin Tipuric will wear the number seven

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shirt. It's still possible Sam Warburton could start the match on

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Saturday. The team are hoping for good news on all fronts, but no one

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knows when he will be back. Perhaps the tightest school was at

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fly-half, where Rhys Priestland gets the nod. Jamie Roberts returns at

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centre after missing the autumn series, and Leigh Halfpenny is going

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to kick the goals. It's an important opportunity for priests and in

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particular. He's one of the players the Welsh Rugby Union want to sign

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on a central contact -- contract. Little things have been frustrating

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me. I've been getting agitated quite easily. It's not the sort of person

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I am. The others feel a weight off their shoulders and Alan know what

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they are doing. The players will be trying to put the off field

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uncertainties for a few weeks now. That's easier said than done, but at

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least they can unite around a shared goal - being the first team to win

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three back-to-back 6-nation titles. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's return to Old

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Trafford ended in disappointment tonight. His Cardiff City side lost

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2-0 to Manchester United. Robin van Persie scored the opener on his

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return from injury. Swansea City have their first win in nine games.

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return from injury. Swansea City have their first win in The 2-0

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result over Fulham sees them move to tenth in the table. In the

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Conference, Wrexham also won 2-0 against Tamworth. In League Two,

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Newport's match with Plymouth Argyle was postponed due to a waterlogged

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pitch. That sets the scene for the weather.

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The ground is saturated and sodden at the moment. There is one flood

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warning in force on the river seven near Welshpool. There are six other

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flood alerts. More rain and showers to come in the next 24

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snow on higher ground. More rain and showers to come through the

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snow on higher ground. More rain and tonight, heavy in places. Some

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snow on higher ground. More rain and weather in between the showers. A

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bit weather in between the showers. A

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above freezing with weather in between the showers. A

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Tomorrow morning, there will be further areas of rain and showers

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Tomorrow morning, there will be spinning around an area of low

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pressure. Some places dry and bright, the wind fairly light.

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Across the rest of the UK, there will be showers and out rates of

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rain in places. A little sleet and snow on the higher ground in

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Scotland, but also elsewhere, such as the Chilterns and the Pennines.

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The western side of the country turning drier, a little bit of

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brightness and sunshine to western Scotland, and it should dry up in

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Lincolnshire in the afternoon. Most of the rain is on the eastern side

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of Wales in the afternoon. A bit of sleet and snow in the higher

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ground. Turning drier in the west and south-west. Tomorrow night, rain

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and sleet will clear away, and then eyeful become a hazard as

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temperatures drop. A cold day, but much drier. Sunshine in places.

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Thursday the coldest day of the winter so far, but Friday, heavy

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rain with at risk of localised flooding. Showers for the weekend,

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and high spring tides. Thank you.

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We're back in Breakfast from 6am tomorrow. That's Wales Today. Thank

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you for watching.

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