Agenda - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 2 October 2024

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Naomi Stocks

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddChildren@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

(09.15 - 09.30)

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Public meeting

(09.30)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)

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2 Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6

(09.30 - 10.30) (Pages 1 - 37)

Claire Armitstead, Director of Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Cymru

Julian Kennedy, Headteacher, Olchfa Comprehensive School, Swansea and representing ASCL Cymru

Geoff Evans, Pennaeth Ysgol Y Strade, Llanelli and representing ASCL Cymru

Chris Parry, President, National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) Cymru

Laura Doel, National Secretary Wales, National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) Cymru

Attached Documents:
Research Brief
Paper 1 - Association of School and college leaders (ASCL)
Paper 2 - National Association of Headteachers (NAHT)

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Break

(10.30 - 10.40)

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3 Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7

(10.40 - 11.40) (Pages 38 - 54)

Nicola Fitzpatrick, Interim Wales Secretary, National Education Union (NEU) Cymru

Mairead Canavan, National Education Union (NEU) Cymru Executive Member for Wales and Vale of Glamorgan District Secretary

Ioan Rhys Jones, General Secretary, Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC)

Urtha Felda, Policy and Casework Official, The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)

Attached Documents:
Paper 3 National education Union (NEU) Cymru
Paper 4 Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC) (Translation)
Paper 5 The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)

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4 Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8

(11.45 - 12.25) (Pages 55 - 59)

Jonathan Cooper, Assistant Director, Estyn [Via zoom]

Mererid Wyn Williams, Assistant Director/Corporate Services Director, Estyn [Via zoom]

Attached Documents:
Paper 6 Estyn

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5 Papers to note

(12.25)

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5.1 Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill

(Pages 60 - 63)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

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5.2 Information from Stakeholders

(Pages 64 - 65)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Whizz Kidz

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

(12.25)

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Private meeting

(12.25 - 12.30)

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7 Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - consideration of the evidence

(12.25 - 12.30)

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