Agenda - Children, Young People, and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 28 January 2026

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 - 11.00

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

09.30

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2 Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny

09.30 - 11.00 (Pages 1 - 17)

Gillian Baranski, Chief Inspector, Care Inspectorate Wales

Margaret Rooney, Deputy Chief Inspector, Care Inspectorate Wales

Annual report 2024-2025

Attached Documents:
Research brief

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3 Papers to note

11.00

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3.1 Scrutiny of the Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report

(Pages 18 - 26)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales

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3.2 Qualifications Wales - Annual Report

(Pages 27 - 29)

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

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3.3 Information from Stakeholders

(Pages 30 - 31)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Professor Johanna L. Waters

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3.4 Information from Stakeholders

(Page 32)

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

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3.5 Information from Stakeholders

(Page 33)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee

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3.6 School improvement and learner attainment

(Pages 34 - 35)

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

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3.7 School improvement and learner attainment

(Pages 36 - 38)

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

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3.8 Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

(Pages 39 - 49)

Attached Documents:
Email correspondence to Children, Young People and Education Committee from Home Ed Cymru

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

11.00

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Private meeting

11.00 - 12.30

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5 Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny - consideration of the evidence

11.00 - 11.15

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Break

11.15 - 11.30

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6 School Improvement and Learner Attainment - consideration of the final output

11.30 - 12.00 (Pages 50 - 63)

Attached Documents:
Draft letter

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7 Routes into post-16 education and training - consideration of the Welsh Government response

12.00 - 12.15 (Pages 64 - 80)

Attached Documents:
Welsh Government Response

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8 Supplementary Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

12.15 - 12.30 (Pages 81 - 112)

Attached Documents:
Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Legal Advice Note
Draft Report

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