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Regional Education Consortia

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: 04/11/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Minister for Education and Skills following the meeting on 30 September - Regional Education Consortia

CYPE(4)-26-15 – Paper to note 5

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Meeting: 04/11/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Additional information from the Central South Consortium Joint Education Service following the meeting on 16 September

CYPE(4)-26-15 –Paper to note 3

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Meeting: 04/11/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Additional information from Education through Regional Working (ERW) following the meeting on 24 September

CYPE(4)-26-15 – Paper to note 4

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Meeting: 14/10/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Additional Information from Regional School Effectiveness and Improvement Service for North Wales (GwE) following the meeting on 24 September

CYPE(4)-24-15 – Paper to note  5

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Meeting: 14/10/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Additional information from the Education achievement Service for South East Wales (EAS) following the meeting on 16 September

CYPE(4)-24-15 - Paper to note 6

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Meeting: 30/09/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Ministerial update on Regional Education Consortia

Welsh Government

CYPE(4)-23-15 – Paper 1

 

Huw Lewis AM, Minister for Education and Skills

Jo-Anne Daniels, Director - Infrastructure, Curriculum, Qualifications and Learner Support Directorate

Brett Pugh, Director - School Standards and Workforce Directorate

Steve Vincent, Deputy Director - Schools Management and Effectiveness Division

 

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Minutes:

The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Education and Skills on the Regional Education Consortia.

 

·         The Minister agreed to provide further information on the challenge and review events.

Meeting: 24/09/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Discussion with Regional Education Consortia - Regional School Effectiveness and Improvement Service for North Wales (GwE)

GwE

CYPE(4)-22-15 – Paper 2

 

Huw Foster Evans, Managing Director – GwE
Ian Budd, Lead Director of North Wales - GwE

 

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Minutes:

GwE agreed to provide a note on the cost of redundancy programmes.

Meeting: 24/09/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Discussion with Regional Education Consortia - Education through Regional Working (ERW)

ERW

CYPE(4)-22-15 – Paper 1

 

Betsan O’Connor, Managing Director - ERW
Eifion Evans, Strategic Director: Learning and Partnerships / Regional Lead Director - ERW

 

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Minutes:

The Committee discussed the findings of the Estyn and Wales Audit Office reports with representatives from the Regional Education Consortia.

ERW agreed to provide further information on financial matters raised by Committee members.

Meeting: 16/09/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Discussion with Regional Education Consortia - Education Achievement Service for South East Wales (EAS)

EAS
CYPE(4)-21-15 – Paper 1

 

Steve Davies, Managing Director - EAS

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Minutes:

Aled Roberts declared he was Chair of school Governors, Keith Davies declared he was a school governor and Bethan Jenkins AM declared that her mother was a teacher in a school in Pontypridd.

 

The Committee discussed the findings of the Estyn and Wales Audit Office reports with representatives from the Regional Education Consortia.

 

EAS Consortium agreed to provide a note on the delivery and evaluation of the new pathfinder induction programmes which supports newly qualified teachers who are employed as short term supply teachers.

 

Meeting: 16/09/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Discussion with Regional Education Consortia - Central South Consortium

Central South Consortium
CYPE(4)-21-15 – Paper 2

 

Hannah Woodhouse, Managing Director - Central South Consortium

Deborah McMillan, Corporate Director - Bridgend and Lead Director of the Consortium
Chris Elmore, Chair of Joint Committee

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Minutes:

Central South Consortium agreed to provide a note on staff redundancy costs and a breakdown of the 1.6 million schools challenge building capacity funds.

 

Meeting: 14/07/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Regional Education Consortia: Welsh Government response to the Auditor General for Wales Report

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Meeting: 02/07/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Letter from the Chair of Public Accounts Committee

CYPE(4)-19-15 - Paper to note 4

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Meeting: 24/06/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

Briefing on Regional Education Consortia Report - Estyn

CYPE(4)-18-15 – Paper 4 – Estyn Report

 

Meilyr Rowlands, HM Chief Inspector – Estyn

Simon Brown, Strategic Director – Estyn

Mark Campion, HM Inspector - Estyn

Minutes:

The Committee received a briefing from Estyn.

Meeting: 24/06/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

Briefing on Regional Education Consortia Report - Wales Audit Office

CYPE(4)-18-15 – Paper 5 - Wales Audit Office Report

 

Sophie Knott, Performance Auditor – Wales Audit Office

Alan Morris, Director, Performance Audit – Wales Audit Office

Minutes:

The Committee received a briefing from the Wales Audit Office.

Meeting: 23/06/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

7 Regional Education Consortia: Briefing from the Auditor General for Wales

PAC(4)-18-15 Paper 2

PAC(4)-18-15 Paper 3

 

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Minutes:

7.1 Members received a briefing from the Auditor General for Wales and noted that the Children, Young People and Education Committee had expressed an interest in undertaking an inquiry into this issue.

7.2 Members noted that the Welsh Government’s response to the Auditor General’s Report will be available in July.

 

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