The Children, Young People and Education Committee

Implementation of education reforms

Use this proforma to record your views. Please make sure that you have answered all of the questions that are relevant to you. When you have completed the proforma, please email it to SeneddChildren@senedd.wales.

You are welcome to submit as many responses as you want, as regularly as you want. They will all feed into the Committee’s decisions about how to focus its scrutiny.

We are keen to hear from as many people as possible. If you would like to submit your views but do not want/are not able to complete this proforma, please call the Committee’s clerks, who can arrange with you a different way for your voice to be heard.

0300 200 6565

SeneddChildren@senedd.wales

 

Information about you

 

1. Name:

 

 

2. Email address:

 

 

3. In what language(s) will you be completing this survey?

To submit a bilingual response please submit a Welsh and English version of the survey.

I am submitting in Welsh only.

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I am submitting in English only.

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I am submitting in both Welsh and English.

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4. Would you like to be added to the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s contacts list in order to receive updates about our work?

You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing SeneddChildren@senedd.wales

Yes

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No

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5. In what capacity you are responding to this consultation?

In a personal capacity (go to question 6)

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In a professional capacity (go to question 9)

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Personal capacity

If you are submitting a response in a personal capacity, we ask that you provide your name and postcode.

Before accepting material from those aged 13 or under, we require authorisation from the young person’s parent or guardian, provided in the form of an email to SeneddChildren@senedd.wales from the young person’s parent or guardian.

 

6. What is your full postcode?

 

 

7. Are you under 13 years old?

I am under 13 years old

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I am 13 or over

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8. Please choose one of the following options to confirm whether you would prefer that your name is published alongside your evidence.

We will not publish the names of people under the age of 18.

I am aged 18 or over and I am content for you to publish my name alongside my evidence

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I am aged 18 or over and I would prefer that you did not publish my name alongside my evidence.

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I am under the age of 18

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Professional capacity

If you are submitting a response on behalf of an organisation please enter your details here.

If you are responding on behalf of an organisation, we will publish the name of the organisation but will not publish your name or contact details.

If you are responding in another professional capacity, we will publish your job title/role, if relevant. We will also publish your name if you give us permission to do so. Your contact details will not be published.

9. Your role:

 

 

10. Are you responding on behalf of an organisation?

Yes (go to question 11)

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No (go to question 12)

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11. Organisation name:

 

 

12. Please choose one of the following options to confirm whether you would prefer that your name is published alongside your evidence.

I am content for you to publish my name alongside my evidence

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I would prefer that you did not publish my name alongside my evidence.

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Your views

We will consider the views we receive at regular intervals over the course of the 6th Senedd.

 

13. Please record your views that relate to any of the following terms of reference (please keep your response to no more than 2,000 words in total):

·         Implementation of the Curriculum for Wales in early years settings, primary schools and secondary schools.

·         The level of consistency and equity of learning opportunities for pupils across Wales, given the flexibility for schools to develop their own curricula within a national framework.

·         The associated reform of qualifications to align with the Curriculum for Wales.

·         Implementation of the new Additional Learning Needs (ALN) system and the effective transfer of learners from the existing Special Educational Needs (SEN) system.

·         The application of the definition of ALN, compared to presently for SEN, and whether there is any ‘raising of the bar’ on the ground for determining eligibility for provision.

·         The professional learning and other support settings are receiving to ensure effective implementation of the Curriculum for Wales and the ALN system.

·         Other factors potentially affecting implementation of the Curriculum for Wales and the ALN system, for example levels of funding and fall out from the pandemic.

·         The particular challenges and opportunities facing different types of schools in varying circumstances (e.g. language medium, demographics and locality) in terms of implementing curriculum and ALN reform.

 

Write your views here…

 

Information about third parties

14. Please choose one of the following options to confirm whether you have agreement from any third parties* referred to in your evidence that you can share information that may be used to identify them and that they understand that it may be published.

* Third parties means any person, other than you, who can be identified in the evidence that you share with us.

I confirm that any third party I have referred to in my evidence has agreed that I can share information that may be used to identify them, and that they understand that it may be published.

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I do not have the agreement of one or more of the third parties I have referred to in my evidence.

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I have not referred to any third parties in my evidence.

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