Download the Welsh Language Standards Monitoring Report 2023-24 (PDF)

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.

We are included in category four of the Welsh language standards. This requires us to comply with 148 standards covering service delivery, operational matters, policy making, and record keeping. Our standards of service policy, and guidance on using and promoting the Welsh language internally, explains how we will act in accordance with the requirements of the standards and follows the principle that Welsh and English have equal status in our work and administration. They also recognise our responsibility to promote and develop the use of Welsh within our workplace and the wider education workforce in which our registrants practice.

Alongside these documents, this annual report sets out our compliance with the Welsh language standards during 2023-24, detailing how we have worked to promote use of the language, both amongst our own employees, and in engaging with registrants and other external stakeholders.