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General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 17/04/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 2.)

The Review of roles and responsibilities of education partners in Wales and delivery of school improvement arrangements [This item will now take place on 8 May]

Professor Dylan E Jones, Review Author and Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David  

Meeting: 20/03/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 7)

7 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 20/03/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 7)

7 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 28/02/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5)

General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language - consideration of the evidence

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence it has heard in the scrutiny session.

5.2 Members agreed to write to the Minister to follow-up on some points raised.

Meeting: 28/02/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Jeremy Miles MS, Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Owain Lloyd, Director of Education and the Welsh Language, Welsh Government  

Jo-Anne Daniels, Director Tertiary Education, Welsh Government

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Minutes:

2.1 The Committee scrutinised the Minister on areas in his portfolio.

2.2 The Minister agreed to provide a note on the following:

- Provide further information on the attainment gap between pupils eligible for free school meals and other pupils, including why you believe the data published by the Welsh Government cannot be used to make comparisons between years;

- Look further at the Seren Network data in relation to those pupils who may not continue on the programme, to identify if there are any trends in relation to their subsequent performance and engagement with their learning;

- Provide further information on how take up of Welsh A-Level can be encouraged and increased, in particular in relation to the teaching and the content of the syllabus;

- Provide information on the research undertaken, and guidance issued, regarding how schools could provide digital, remote teaching and learning should the need for this arise again in the future;

- Confirm when you anticipate issuing the strengthened guidance on Learner Travel.

- Consider further how the work of the Attendance Taskforce can be reported back to the Senedd and / or Committee;

- Share the e-sgol participation data; and

- Share, when available, Public Health Wales’ work on the whole-school approach.

 

Meeting: 01/02/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 01/02/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 11/01/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 7)

7 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 11/01/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 7)

7 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 06/12/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 29/11/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 8)

8 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language and Minister for Economy

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Meeting: 12/10/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language and Minister for Economy

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 05/07/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 05/07/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 9)

Joint Ministerial scrutiny session - consideration of the evidence

Minutes:

9.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous scrutiny session.

 

Meeting: 05/07/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 8)

8 Joint Ministerial scrutiny session on post 16 education and skills

Jeremy Miles MS, Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Economy

Jo Salway, Director for Social Partnership, Employability & Fair Work, Welsh Government

James Owen, Director, Commission for Tertiary Education & Research, Welsh Government

Abigail Philips, Head of Innovation, Welsh Government

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8.1 The Committee scrutinised the Minister for Education and Welsh Language and the Minister for Economy.

8.2 The Minister for Education and Welsh Language agreed to share with Committee statistics on the level of contact between Careers Wales and young people with additional learning needs.

8.3 The Minister for Economy agreed to provide Committee with a note on the expansion of degree apprenticeships.

Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 6)

Joint Ministerial scrutiny session - consideration of the approach

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Minutes:

6.1 The Committee agreed the approach to the joint scrutiny session. A letter would be sent to the Welsh Government outlining specific areas to be covered during the session.

Meeting: 16/06/2022 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 20/01/2022 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 18/11/2021 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 8)

8 Scrutiny of Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 10/11/2021 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)

5 Response from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 04/11/2021 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 04/11/2021 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 23/09/2021 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 6)

6 General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Jeremy Miles MS, Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Owain Lloyd, Director - Education Directorate

Huw Morris, Group Director - Skills Higher Education and Lifelong Learning (SHELL)

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Minutes:

6.1 The Committee scrutinised the Minister for Education and Welsh Language.

6.2 The Minister agreed to provide the following information:

- the amount of additional funding that has been allocated for school counselling services;

- the letter from Qualifications Wales regarding the implementation of the Curriculum for Wales;

- the Welsh Government’s modelling in relation to the impact on Welsh institutions if access to higher education for English students is controlled or if English fees are cut following the UK Government’s response to the Independent Panel report to the review of post-18 education.

6.3 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister with the questions that weren’t covered during the session.

 

 

 

 

Meeting: 23/09/2021 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 5)

Committee preparation for the scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Minutes:

5.1 Members prepared for the scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language.

Meeting: 23/09/2021 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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