Welsh for adults Archives - Estyn
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Archived: 2026-04-23 17:12
Welsh for adults Archives - Estyn
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Welsh for adults
Welsh for adults
We celebrate successes, highlight areas for improvement and focus on what’s important for learners in Learn Welsh providers.
Explore advice and tools created for those working in the Welsh for adults sector.
More information about our work is available below.
Our approach
Ways to improve
Estyn are here to help you. Explore our vast wealth of cross-sector improvement resources.
Numeracy
Welsh Literacy
Literacy
Digital skills
Poverty and disadvantage
Attendance
Featured Welsh for adults resources
All resources
Providing opportunities for learners to refine their language skills and learn more about culture, history and current affairs through literature and poetry.
How the Learn Welsh sector influences pedagogy and language acquisition in other sections in Wales and beyond
Expanding participation and ensuring that everyone in Wales has an opportunity to learn the language, whatever their background
Leaders strategically implementing an ambitious vision while aiming for excellence.
Using the Welsh language: purposeful and unique extra-curricular activities that support learners to speak Welsh increasingly spontaneously on the Nant site and in the local community
Effective immersion: supporting learners to make swift progress when supporting them to learn about and appreciate Welsh history and culture.
Support for Welsh in Initial Teacher Education: How initial teacher education partnerships support student teachers to improve their Welsh language skills, including teaching through the medium of Welsh
This report is written in response to a request for advice from the Minister for Welsh Language and Education in...
Increasing the number of Welsh-speakers in the education workforce
Research that underpins teaching and learning strategies
LWNW has been at the forefront of Welsh for Adults providers in Wales, working with various academic schools within Bangor...
Formal and informal learning approaches that enable learners to assimilate into the Welsh-speaking community
Inspection guidance resources
These handbooks are valuable resources to gain insights into the standards and methodologies employed during inspections.
How we inspect
What we inspect
Latest articles
Blog posts and news articles relating to the Welsh for adults sector.
All articles
HMCI highlights excellent practice, but calls for improvement in literacy levels and greater consistency in teaching quality and leadership.
Estyn Annual Report: Clear direction, improving self-evaluation and support and tackling recruitment are key to future success in Wales’ education system
Estyn outlines sector challenges and successes in early insights report
Inspection 2024 Training
Annual Report Launch 2024
Inspection and report schedule
Latest inspection reports
2026-01-29
Inspection report Learn Welsh Swansea Bay Region 2026
2025-09-10
Work Welsh: Inspection report Y Ganolfan Dysgu Cymraeg Genedlaethol/The National Centre for Learning Welsh 2025
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
2025-02-19
Inspection report Learn Welsh Glamorgan 2025
2024-07-11
Inspection report The National Centre for Learning Welsh 2024
Pembrokeshire County Council
2023-11-22
Inspection report Dysgu Cymraeg Sir Benfro Learn Welsh Pembrokeshire 2023
Gwynedd Council
2023-09-22
Inspection report Dysgu Cymraeg Learn Welsh Nant Gwrtheyrn 2023
See all inspection reports
Inspection schedule
No inspection schedule available
Search Estyn
Education Sector
Welsh for adults
Welsh for adults
We celebrate successes, highlight areas for improvement and focus on what’s important for learners in Learn Welsh providers.
Explore advice and tools created for those working in the Welsh for adults sector.
More information about our work is available below.
Our approach
Ways to improve
Estyn are here to help you. Explore our vast wealth of cross-sector improvement resources.
Numeracy
Welsh Literacy
Literacy
Digital skills
Poverty and disadvantage
Attendance
Featured Welsh for adults resources
All resources
Providing opportunities for learners to refine their language skills and learn more about culture, history and current affairs through literature and poetry.
How the Learn Welsh sector influences pedagogy and language acquisition in other sections in Wales and beyond
Expanding participation and ensuring that everyone in Wales has an opportunity to learn the language, whatever their background
Leaders strategically implementing an ambitious vision while aiming for excellence.
Using the Welsh language: purposeful and unique extra-curricular activities that support learners to speak Welsh increasingly spontaneously on the Nant site and in the local community
Effective immersion: supporting learners to make swift progress when supporting them to learn about and appreciate Welsh history and culture.
Support for Welsh in Initial Teacher Education: How initial teacher education partnerships support student teachers to improve their Welsh language skills, including teaching through the medium of Welsh
This report is written in response to a request for advice from the Minister for Welsh Language and Education in...
Increasing the number of Welsh-speakers in the education workforce
Research that underpins teaching and learning strategies
LWNW has been at the forefront of Welsh for Adults providers in Wales, working with various academic schools within Bangor...
Formal and informal learning approaches that enable learners to assimilate into the Welsh-speaking community
Inspection guidance resources
These handbooks are valuable resources to gain insights into the standards and methodologies employed during inspections.
How we inspect
What we inspect
Latest articles
Blog posts and news articles relating to the Welsh for adults sector.
All articles
HMCI highlights excellent practice, but calls for improvement in literacy levels and greater consistency in teaching quality and leadership.
Estyn Annual Report: Clear direction, improving self-evaluation and support and tackling recruitment are key to future success in Wales’ education system
Estyn outlines sector challenges and successes in early insights report
Inspection 2024 Training
Annual Report Launch 2024
Inspection and report schedule
Latest inspection reports
2026-01-29
Inspection report Learn Welsh Swansea Bay Region 2026
2025-09-10
Work Welsh: Inspection report Y Ganolfan Dysgu Cymraeg Genedlaethol/The National Centre for Learning Welsh 2025
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
2025-02-19
Inspection report Learn Welsh Glamorgan 2025
2024-07-11
Inspection report The National Centre for Learning Welsh 2024
Pembrokeshire County Council
2023-11-22
Inspection report Dysgu Cymraeg Sir Benfro Learn Welsh Pembrokeshire 2023
Gwynedd Council
2023-09-22
Inspection report Dysgu Cymraeg Learn Welsh Nant Gwrtheyrn 2023
See all inspection reports
Inspection schedule
No inspection schedule available