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Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes

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.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

 

 

Meeting: 02/05/2019 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Minister for Education - Update on 2018 Key Stage 4 attainment data

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Meeting: 18/10/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Education Outcomes - Welsh Government response to the Committee's report

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Meeting: 20/06/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)

Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Report Launch at Eastern High School

Minutes:

1.1 The Committee launched their report.

Meeting: 06/06/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - consideration of the draft report

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Minutes:

8.1 Subject to minor amendments, the Committee agreed the draft report.

Meeting: 06/06/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education - level of engagement between the Welsh Government and Professor Ainscow

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Meeting: 24/05/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

8 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - consideration of the draft report

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Minutes:

8.1 The Committee considered the draft report and agreed the draft report would be considered again at the meeting on 6 June.

Meeting: 18/04/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education - Further information following meeting on 22 March

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Meeting: 18/04/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Further information from ERW following meeting on 8 March

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Meeting: 18/04/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Further information from EAS following meeting on 8 March

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Meeting: 18/04/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Consideration of Key Issues

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Minutes:

6.1 The Committee considered the key issues. A draft report would be considered at a future meeting.

Meeting: 22/03/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Consideration of the evidence

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence they had heard that morning.

Meeting: 22/03/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Evidence session 9

Welsh Government

Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education

Steve Davies, Director, Education Directorate

Ruth Conway, Deputy Director, Support for Learners Division

 

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Minutes:

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education. The Cabinet Secretary agreed to provide the following:

 

·         Figures on the number of staff transferring from Schools Challenge Cymru to the consortia and details of their roles;

 

·         Details of Cabinet Secretary and officials’ engagement with Professor Mel Ainscow since March 2017.

 

 

Meeting: 14/03/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to improve Educational Outcomes - Evidence session 8

Estyn

 

Meilyr Rowlands, HM Chief Inspector

Claire Morgan, Strategic Director

Simon Brown, Strategic Director

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Minutes:

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from Estyn. They agreed to provide information on the following:

·         A note on examples of schools that have made considerable progress in narrowing the attainment gap between eFSM and non FSM pupils, and an explanation of what you would regard as making considerable progress in narrowing the gap.

·         A note on examples of effective uses of the PDG on looked after children or adopted children, and also on any ineffective uses.

2.2 The Committee agreed to write with the questions that were unasked due to time constraints.

 

 

Meeting: 08/03/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

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

Minutes:

8.1 The Motion was agreed.

Meeting: 08/03/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Evidence session 7

Sir Alasdair MacDonald, Welsh Government Advisor on Education

Mel Ainscow, Emeritus Professor of Education and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education – Manchester University

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Minutes:

6.1 The Committee heard evidence from Sir Alasdair MacDonald and Professor Mel Ainscow.

Meeting: 08/03/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Evidence session 6

National Education Union (NEU), NASUWT and Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC)

 

Neil Foden – Wales Executive of the National Education Union (NUT Section)

Mike O'Neill – Vice-President ATL Section, National Education Union Cymru

Rex Phillips, National Official Wales – NASUWT

Elaine Edwards, General Secretary - UCAC

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5.1 The Committee heard evidence from teaching unions.

Meeting: 08/03/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Evidence session 5

NAHT and ASCL

 

Rob Williams, Policy Director - NAHT Cymru

Damon McGarvie, Headteacher of Pennar Community Primary School, Pembrokeshire and NAHT Cymru President

Tim Pratt, Director - ASCL Cymru

Ravi Pawar, Headteacher of Blackwood Comprehensive School

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Minutes:

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from teaching unions.

Meeting: 08/03/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Evidence session 4

Regional Consortia

 

Sharon Williams, Wellbeing Regional Adviser - GwE

Paul Matthews-Jones, Core Lead – GwE

Ed Pryce, Service Strategic and Policy Lead - Education Achievement Service for South East Wales (EAS)

Kath Bevan, Lead for Equity and Well-being - Education Achievement Service for South East Wales (EAS)

 

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Minutes:

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Regional Consortia.

3.2 EAS to provide a breakdown of the Science attainment data in terms of vocational qualifications and GCSE.

 

Meeting: 08/03/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Evidence session 3

Regional Education Consortia

 

Betsan O’Connor, Managing Director - ERW

Cressy Morgan, Support and Learners Coordinator – ERW

Andrew Williams, Senior Lead Standards & Improvement Planning - Central South Consortium Joint Education Service

Debbie Lewis, Senior Lead Teaching & Learning Experiences - Central South Consortium Joint Education Service

 

 

 

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Minutes:

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Regional Consortia.

2.2 ERW and CSCJES to provide examples of where input of challenge advisers has changed the way a school uses it’s PDG allocation or when the consortia had had to consider recovering PDG which had been inappropriately spent.

2.3 ERW to provide note on the issue of the content of one of the questions on an English paper, regarding the pros and cons of fair trade and the impact this had on results.

2.4 ERW and CSCJES to provide a written response to the unasked questions.

 

Meeting: 28/02/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)

Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Consideration of the evidence

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence heard during the sessions.

Meeting: 28/02/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Evidence session 2 (WISERD & NFER)

Christopher Taylor, Professor of Education Policy at Cardiff University and the Cardiff Co-Director of the Wales Institute for Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)

Robert Smith, Research Manager, National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)

 

Evaluation of the Pupil Deprivation Grant – Year 1 Report (October 2014)

Evaluation of the Pupil Deprivation Grant – 2nd Interim Report (December 2015)

Pupil Deprivation Grant Final Evaluation Report (December 2017)

 

 

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from WISERD and NFER.

Meeting: 28/02/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - Evidence session 1 (SQW)

Marian Morris, Director, SQW

 

Evaluation of Schools Challenge Cymru: First Report (July 2016)

Evaluation of Schools Challenge Cymru: Second Report (July 2017)

 

 

Supporting documents:

  • Research Brief - Evidence session 1
  • Summary of Written Evidence - Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes
  • Targeted Funding to Improve Education Outcomes: Summary of visit to schools

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from SQW.

Meeting: 28/02/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)

Inquiry into Targeted Funding to Improve Educational Outcomes - update on focus group sessions

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Meeting: 01/02/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1.)

External evidence gathering session - Visits to Secondary Schools

The Committee will be visiting schools across Wales as part of the inquiry into targeted funding to improve educational outcomes.

 

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