Agenda - Children, Young People, and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 2 Senedd and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 6 November 2025

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 - 11.30

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

09.30

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2 School improvement and learner attainment - evidence session

09.30 - 11.30 (Pages 1 - 100)

Lynne Neagle MS, Cabinet Secretary for Education

Georgina Haarhoff, Director of Education, Welsh Government

Nic Edwards, Deputy Director, Equity in Education Division, Welsh Government

Alun Jones, Head of Education Improvement Team, Welsh Government

Sarah Angel, Head of School and Learner Information Policy, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Stakeholder event note
Evidence Paper - Welsh Government

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3 Papers to note

11.30

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3.1 Implementation of education reforms

(Pages 101 - 103)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chief Executive of Qualifications Wales from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee

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3.2 Implementation of education reforms

(Pages 104 - 106)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chief Executive of the WJEC from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee

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3.3 Implementation of education reforms

(Pages 107 - 109)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chief Executive of Qualifications Wales from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee

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3.4 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 110 - 111)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee and the Chair of the Petitions Committee from NYAS Cymru

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3.5 P-06-1518 Provide more timely and accessible mental health support for children under 10, including by referral to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

(Pages 112 - 113)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee and the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee from the Chair of the Petitions Committee

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3.6 Health and social care workforce

(Pages 114 - 115)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chief Executive of Swansea Bay University Health Board and the Chief Executive of HEIW from the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee

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3.7 Routes into post-16 education and training

(Pages 116 - 117)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee

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3.8 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

(Pages 118 - 119)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee

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3.9 Information from Stakeholders

(Page 120)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Office for National Statistics

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3.10 Inter-ministerial Group on UK-EU Relations

(Page 121)

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

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3.11 Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

(Pages 122 - 125)

Attached Documents:
Welsh Government’s response to the Children, Young People and Education Committee report on the Legislative Consent Memoranda of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

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3.12 Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

(Pages 126 - 131)

Attached Documents:
Welsh Government’s response to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee report on the Legislative Consent Memoranda of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

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

11.30

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Private meeting

11.30 - 12.00

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5 School improvement and learner attainment - consideration of the evidence

11.30 - 12.00

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