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Teacher recruitment and retention

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: 15/01/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the draft report

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6.1 Members considered and agreed changes to the draft report. Final changes and sign off would be agreed electronically.

Meeting: 17/12/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the draft report

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6.1 The Committee considered the draft report, it will be considered again at the meeting on 15 January.

Meeting: 27/11/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 27/11/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

6 Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the draft report

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6.1 The Committee considered the draft report. It would be considered again at the meeting on 17th December.

Meeting: 08/10/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 08/10/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the key issues

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4.1 The Committee considered the key issues. The draft report would be considered at the meeting on 27th November.

Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the evidence

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

Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 1)

1 Teacher recruitment and retention - presentation of engagement findings

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1.1 Members received a presentation on the teacher recruitment and retention engagement findings.

Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 10

Lynne Neagle MS, Cabinet Secretary for Education

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

Awen Penri, Strategic Education Workforce Plan Lead, Welsh Government

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3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education.

3.2 The Cabinet Secretary agreed to check what figures were available for average class sizes in secondary schools and provide an update to Committee.

3.3 The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary with questions.

Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 16/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the evidence

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8.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous evidence sessions.

Meeting: 16/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

6 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 9

Councillor Deborah Davies, Welsh Local Government Association Deputy Spokesperson for Education and Deputy Leader of Newport City Council and the Cabinet Member for Education and Early Years [Via Zoom]

Dr Lowri Brown, Vice Chair of Association of Directors of Education in Wales and Chief Education Officer, Conwy Council [Via Zoom]

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6.1 The Committee heard evidence from the WLGA and ADEW.

Meeting: 16/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 8

Rebecca Williams, Senior Language Skills and Workforce Planning Manager, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol

Dona Lewis, Chief Executive, National Centre for Learning Welsh [via zoom]

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5.1 The Committee heard evidence from Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and the National Centre for Learning Welsh.

Meeting: 16/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 7

Christopher Williams, Course leader, Primary ITE, University of South Wales [via zoom]

Dave Stacey, Director of Initial Teacher Education, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and representing the Athrofa's ITE partnership

Dr Sarah Stewart, Director of the PGCE programme in Wales, The Open University in Wales

Dr Angella Cooze, PGCE English Senior Lecturer & PGCE Secondary Programme Director, Swansea University Schools’ Partnership

 

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4.1 The Committee heard evidence from teacher training providers.

4.2 The Open University agreed to provide further information regarding withdrawal rates from the Open University in Wales’ PGCE programme.

 

Meeting: 16/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

7 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 18/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the evidence

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7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it has heard in the previous evidence sessions.

Meeting: 18/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 6

Kerry Bevan, the Association for Language Learning

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4.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Association for Language Learning.

Meeting: 18/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 5

Annette Farrell, Programme Manager, Education Policy, Royal Society of Chemistry

Shabana Brightley, Senior Education Policy Officer, Royal Society of Biology

Eluned Parrott, Head of Institute of Physics Wales

 

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3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Royal Society of Biology and the Institute of Physics.

 

Meeting: 18/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 4

Claire Armitstead, Director, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Cymru

Neil Foley, Vice President, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and Headteacher of Prestatyn High School

Laura Doel, National Secretary, National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) Cymru

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2.1 The Committee heard evidence from NAHT and ASCL.

 

Meeting: 18/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 18/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 05/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 2

Professor David Egan, Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Jack Worth, Lead on School Workforce Research for the National Foundation for Education and Research

James Zuccollo, Director of School Workforce, Education Policy Institute

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3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Cardiff Metropolitan University, the National Foundation for Education and Research and the Education Policy Institute.

Meeting: 05/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the evidence

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7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous evidence sessions.

Meeting: 05/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 3

Neil Butler, National Office for Wales, NASUWT

Ioan Rhys Jones, General Secretary, Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC)

Claire Rickard, Wales Executive Member, National Education Union (NEU)

Stuart Williams, Policy Officer, National Education Union (NEU)

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4.1 The Committee heard evidence from the NASUWT, UCAC and NEU.

4.2 The NEU and NASUWT agreed to provide an analysis of the figures from the survey carried out with its Members.

 

 

Meeting: 05/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 1

Hayden Llewellyn, Chief Executive, Education Workforce Council [Via Zoom]

Eithne Hughes, Chair of Council, Education Workforce Council [Via Zoom]

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2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Education Workforce Council.

2.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Education Workforce Council with some follow-up questions.

Meeting: 26/03/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 05/03/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the scope and approach

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7.1 Subject to an addition to the terms of reference, the Committee agreed the scope and approach.

Meeting: 05/03/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 19/09/2024 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 17/07/2024 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 Teacher recruitment and retention

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Meeting: 08/05/2024 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

The Review of roles and responsibilities of education partners in Wales and delivery of school improvement arrangements - discussion of rescheduling the item

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8.1 Members agreed to discuss rescheduling this item after the Cabinet Secretary’s statement next week on delivering Wales’ education priorities.

Meeting: 08/05/2024 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

The Review of roles and responsibilities of education partners in Wales and delivery of school improvement arrangements [Item has been postponed to a future meeting]

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

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

 

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