Meeting Venue:
Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel
and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 25
October 2023
Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.32
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13497
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Category |
Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
Jayne Bryant MS (Chair) James Evans MS Heledd Fychan MS Laura Anne Jones MS Ken Skates MS |
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Witnesses: |
Sharon Davies, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) Catherine Davies, Welsh Local Government Association Gaynor Davies, Association of Directors of Education in Wales Liz Jones, Association of Directors of Education in Wales Catherine Falcus, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Mary van den Heuvel, National Education Union (NEU) Mike O'Neill, National Education Union (NEU) Cymru Ioan Rhys Jones, UCAC Urtha Felda, The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) |
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Committee Staff: |
Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) 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 Buffy Williams MS,
there was no substitute.
2 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 8
2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the WLGA and ADEW.
2.2 The WLGA agreed to investigate further how
up to date local authority accessibility strategies are.
3 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 9
3.1 The Committee heard evidence from ASCL.
3.2 ASCL agreed to check if they had any
examples of learners with additional needs who have experienced
bullying while at school, and if so, to share them with the
Committee.
4 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 10
4.1 The Committee heard evidence from UCAC, NASUWT and NEU.
4.2 Mary van den Heuvel from NEU declared that she’s a Member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Wales Committee.
4.3 NEU agreed to provide Members with its
resources on disability inclusion.
5 Papers to note
5.1 The papers were noted.
6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
6.1 The motion was agreed.
7 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - consideration of the evidence
7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous evidence sessions.