The Education Standards Grants (Wales) Regulations 2002

2.—(a) Support for measures to improve the standards attained by pupils in schools which are causing concern and in other schools, including support for measures in an education authority’s education strategic plan and for measures in a school development plan.

(b)Support for teachers at secondary schools in establishing an effective system for reviewing and recording pupils' achievements.

(c)Training for school governors and persons employed in schools in the skills required to enable them to set targets, improve school development plans and to set objectives for enhanced school performance in all the subjects of the curriculum, and to address any weaknesses identified in a report of an inspection carried out by a member of the Inspectorate or a registered inspector.

(d)Support and training for school governors in management and leadership skills.

(e)Training of persons employed as classroom assistants.

(f)Measures to provide classroom assistance and support for qualified teachers in maintained schools, including the employment of classroom assistants.

(g)Training of school staff in the use of software for the new Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) when it is introduced.