Meeting Venue:
Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel
and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.45
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12818
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Category |
Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
Jayne Bryant MS (Chair) Sam Rowlands MS (In place of Laura Anne Jones MS) Ken Skates MS Buffy Williams MS Sioned Williams MS Heledd Fychan MS |
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Witnesses: |
Philip Blaker, Chief Executive, Qualification Wales Jo Richards, Executive Director, Regulation, Qualification Wales David Jones, Chair, Qualification Wales |
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Committee Staff: |
Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Tom Lewis-White (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Michael Dauncey (Researcher) Rosemary Hill (Researcher) Sian Hughes (Researcher) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.
1.2
Apologies were received from Laura Jones MS and James Evans MS, Sam
Rowlands MS substituted for Laura. Heledd Fychan MS substituted for
Sioned Williams MS for items 5 and 6.
2 Papers to note
2.1 The papers were noted.
3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the remainder of the meeting and for item 1 at the meeting on 16 June
3.1 The motion was agreed.
4 Qualifications Wales - update on priorities [part 2]
4.1 The Committee received an update from
Qualifications Wales on post 16 reform and summer exams 2022.
5 Pupil absence - Briefing session
5.1 Ahead of the Committee’s oral
evidence session, the Committee received a briefing from Meilyr
Rowlands.
6 Pupil absence - consideration of the evidence
6.1 The Committee considered information it
had heard in the previous briefing session.
7 Implementation of key education reforms - consideration of approach
7.1 The Committee considered the approach to its work on key educational reforms. Subject to minor amendments the approach was agreed.