Meetings

Covering Teachers' Absence

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: 19/03/2026 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2.1)

2.1 Letter from Emma Williams, Director General - Education, Culture and Welsh Language Group - Welsh Government to the Chair with follow-up information following the evidence session on 22 January 2026

Supporting documents:

Meeting: 12/02/2026 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2.4)

2.4 Letter from Emma Williams, Interim Director General, Education, Culture and Welsh Language Group - Welsh Government to the Chair with follow-up information following the evidence session on 22 January 2026

Supporting documents:

Meeting: 22/01/2026 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 3.)

3. Covering Teachers' Absence: evidence session with Welsh Government

Emma Williams, Director General of Education, Culture and the Welsh Language – Welsh Government

Georgina Haarhoff, Director of Education – Welsh Government

Christopher Warner, Deputy Director of School Practitioner Division – Welsh Government

 

Research Brief

Supporting documents:

Meeting: 22/01/2026 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 6.)

Covering Teachers' Absence: consideration of evidence

Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Education to the Chair with an update on Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.6 The Chair declared an interest that his son is working as a teaching assistant in Flintshire.

2.6.1 The Committee agreed to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Education to give evidence at a future meeting. 

Meeting: 19/02/2025 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Covering Teachers' Absence: Welsh Government response to the Committee's report

Supporting documents:

Meeting: 06/11/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 7)

7 Covering Teachers' Absence: consideration of draft report

Paper 2 – draft report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee discussed the report.

 

Meeting: 25/04/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from Estyn to the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee on the Covering Teachers’ Absence inquiry

Supporting documents:

Meeting: 20/03/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 2)

2 Letter from the Welsh Government following the Committee's evidence session on Covering Teachers' Absence

Supporting documents:

Meeting: 21/02/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 3)

3 Evidence Session with the Welsh Government - Covering Teachers' Absence

Welsh Government Officials

Sioned Evans - Director General, Public Services and Welsh Language Group

Owain Lloyd - Director of Education and Welsh Language

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Members questioned the witnesses as part of the Committee’s inquiry into Covering Teachers’ Absence.

Meeting: 21/02/2024 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 5)

Consideration of the evidence received - Covering Teachers' Absence

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed to write to Estyn to seek their views in relation to the Committee’s inquiry on Covering Teachers’ Absence.

Meeting: 25/10/2023 - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee (Item 5)

5 5.1 Audit Wales - Covering Teachers Absence Follow-Up

Supporting paper

Letter to the Chair from Audit Wales - 2023 follow up on Covering teachers' absence

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered Audit Wales’ evidence on ‘Covering Teachers Absence follow up’.

 

Topics

Helpful Links

Related