Agenda - Children, Young People, and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 3 Senedd and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 4 February 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 General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education

09.30 - 11.00 (Pages 1 - 52)

Lynne Neagle MS, Cabinet Secretary for Education

Vikki Howells MS, Minister for Further and Higher Education

Georgina Harhoff, Director of Education, Welsh Government

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

Hannah Wharf, Deputy Director, Support for Learners Division, Welsh Government

Ruth Meadows, Director of Tertiary Education, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Welsh Government Evidence Paper

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3 Papers to note

11.00

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3.1 Information from Stakeholders

(Pages 53 - 55)

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

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3.2 Routes into post-16 education and training

(Pages 56 - 72)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Welsh Government to the Committee’s report

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3.3 Routes into post-16 education and training

(Pages 73 - 85)

Attached Documents:
Response from Medr to the Committee’s report

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3.4 Forward work programme

(Pages 86 - 93)

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

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3.5 Welsh Government draft Budget 2026-27

(Pages 94 - 113)

Attached Documents:
Response from the Welsh Government to the Committee’s report

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3.6 P-06-1540 Remove The Manipulative Funding System Forcing Students To Do Welsh Baccalaureate

(Pages 114 - 115)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Education from the Chair of the Petitions Committee

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3.7 P-06-1532 Early Expert Input and Safeguarding Reform for Children with Additional Learning Needs in Wales

(Page 116)

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

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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 General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - consideration of the evidence

11.00 - 11.15

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Break

11.15 - 11.25

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6 Implementation of education reforms - consideration of the draft letter

11.25 - 12.00 (Pages 117 - 127)

Attached Documents:
Draft letter
ALN Toolkit for Parents: Advisory Group Review

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7 Forward work programme - discussion on Committee's Legacy work

12.00 - 12.30 (Pages 128 - 140)

Attached Documents:
Key Issues

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