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Introduction

The Education Workforce Council (EWC) is the independent, professional regulator for the education workforce in Wales.

Established by the Education (Wales) Act 2014, we regulate education practitioners in 11 different registration categories spanning schools, further education, youth work, and work-based learning. Our Register of Education Practitioners is the biggest public register of any profession in Wales and the most wide-ranging register of education professionals in the world, with over 90,000 practitioners registered.

Our commitment to equality and diversity is integral to the EWC and the way we work. Our Strategic Equality Plan (SEP) outlines how we will meet this commitment, as well as our legal obligations, in line with the Equality Act 2010, and the Wales specific public sector equality duty (the equality duty) therein.

In April 2020, following consultation with stakeholders, we published our SEP for the period 2020-24. The plan made clear our commitment, as an organisation, to delivering a series of specific equality objectives, and demonstrated our dedication to combating discrimination and promoting diversity. The SEP was accompanied by a series of action plans and annual monitoring reports.

During the period of the plan, we have undertaken annual reviews and made minor amendments only.

This annual equality report sets out the progress we have made in achieving our four equality objectives during 2023-24.