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Estyn Annual Report
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Meeting: 21/02/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 6)
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Consideration of the evidence heard in the previous sessions
Minutes:
6.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous sessions.
Meeting: 21/02/2024 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 2)
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2 Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2022 - 2023
Owen Evans, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Estyn
Claire Morgan, Strategic Director, Estyn
Jassa Scott, Strategic Director, Estyn
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 5 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
Minutes:
2.1 The Committee scrutinised Estyn on its Annual Report.
Meeting: 02/02/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 9)
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Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021 - 2022 - consideration of the evidence
Minutes:
9.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous session with Estyn.
Meeting: 02/02/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 7)
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7 Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021 - 2022
Owen Evans, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Estyn
Claire Morgan, Strategic Director, Estyn
Jassa Scott, Strategic Director, Estyn
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 11 , View reasons restricted (7/1)
Minutes:
7.1 The Committee scrutinised Estyn on its Annual Report.
7.2 Estyn agreed to provide the Committee when available the findings from a piece of thematic work being carried out on the implementation of the new Additional Learning Needs reform system.
Meeting: 26/04/2022 - Plenary (Item 14)
Debate: Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
NDM7980 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the Annual
Report for 2020-21 of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training
in Wales that was laid in Table
Office on 7 April 2022.
2. Welcomes that
the report recognises the resilience and perseverance of the education
workforce and how they have been flexible, creative and adapted in innovative
ways to support learners.
3. Welcomes that
‘all providers prioritised the wellbeing of their learners’ and continued to
strengthen links with families and communities.
4.
Notes that we should not underestimate the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing
of learners, staff and leaders.
The following amendment has been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Sian Gwenllian
(Arfon)
Add as new points at end of motion:
Regrets Estyn’s findings that “the divide
between pupils from disadvantaged and more privileged backgrounds became more
pronounced over the course of the pandemic.”
Believes that the disparities outlined in
the report will be further exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis and calls
on the Welsh Government to work with Estyn to increase efforts to ensure
measures to support children from disadvantaged backgrounds in schools are
implemented urgently.
Minutes:
The item started at 18.35
The
following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 - Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
Add as new points at end of motion:
Regrets Estyn’s findings that “the divide between pupils from
disadvantaged and more privileged backgrounds became more pronounced over the
course of the pandemic.”
Believes that the disparities outlined in the report will be further
exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis and calls on the Welsh Government to
work with Estyn to increase efforts to ensure measures to support children from
disadvantaged backgrounds in schools are implemented urgently.
The amendment was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
NDM7980 Lesley
Griffiths (Wrexham)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the Annual
Report for 2020-21 of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training
in Wales that was laid in Table Office on 7 April 2022.
2. Welcomes that the
report recognises the resilience and perseverance of the education workforce
and how they have been flexible, creative and adapted in innovative ways to
support learners.
3. Welcomes that ‘all
providers prioritised the wellbeing of their learners’ and continued to
strengthen links with families and communities.
4.
Notes that we should not underestimate the impact of the pandemic on wellbeing
of learners, staff and leaders.
5. Regrets Estyn’s findings that “the divide between pupils from
disadvantaged and more privileged backgrounds became more pronounced over the
course of the pandemic.”
6. Believes that the disparities outlined in the report will be further
exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis and calls on the Welsh Government to
work with Estyn to increase efforts to ensure measures to support children from
disadvantaged backgrounds in schools are implemented urgently.
The motion as amended was agreed in accordance with Standing Order
12.36.
In accordance with Standing Order 12.18, at 19.12 proceedings were
suspended to allow a technical break before Voting Time.
Meeting: 13/01/2022 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 6)
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6 Estyn Annual Report
Supporting documents:
PDF 228 KBMeeting: 13/12/2021 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 4)
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Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020 - 2021 - consideration of the evidence
Minutes:
4.1 The Committee considered the evidence it has heard in the previous session.
Meeting: 13/12/2021 - Children, Young People and Education Committee (Item 2)
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2 Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020 - 2021
Claire Morgan, HM Chief Inspector – Estyn
Jassa Scott, Strategic Director – Estyn
Supporting documents:
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Minutes:
2.1 The Committee scrutinised Estyn on its annual report.
2.2 Estyn agreed to provide a note on the numbers of schools that are in the two statutory categories requiring significant improvement and requiring special measures for Estyn monitoring.
2.3 The Committee agreed to write to all local authorities to make them aware of the training that Estyn provides for school governors.