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Bridging Futures: Educational Leadership in Youth Work and Schools for the Curriculum for Wales

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The National Academy for Educational Leadership (The Leadership Academy) commissioned a Think Piece to explore the joint roles and responsibilities of Youth Work and School Leaders (YWaSL) in delivering the Curriculum for Wales (CfW). The piece also focuses on increasing YWaSL’s knowledge and understanding of each other’s professions, highlighting how combining formal, non-formal, and informal … Continued

Youth Work in Schools. An evidence review from across the UK

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Youth work offers personal and social development, informal education activities, agency and decision-making for young people. Alongside more traditional forms of open access and centre-based youth work, the informal education approach of youth workers is a growing resource being utilised by schools. This seems an obvious synergy with schools supporting the entire cohorts of young … Continued

‘It’s where we send the naughty kids’. A comparative analysis of youth worker and teacher perceptions of each other

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A comparative analysis of youth worker and teacher perceptions of each other, in five secondary school settings in South Wales. MA thesis. The aim of the study was to undertake a small scale comparative analysis of youth worker and teacher perceptions of each other, in five secondary school settings in South Wales. The objectives of … Continued