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Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Hybrid) - Wednesday, 11 March 2026 09.30

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Transcript: Transcript for 11/03/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee

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Expected timing	No.	Item
09.30	1.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest View the background to item 1. Minutes: 1.1 Buffy Williams MS sent her apologies. Under Standing Order 17.22, Vaughan Gething MS was elected as Temporary Chair. 1.2 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee. 1.3 Apologies were received from Buffy Williams MS and Russell George MS there were no substitutes.
09.30 - 11.30	2.	Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2024 - 2025 View the background to item 2. Owen Evans, His Majesty’s chief inspector, Estyn Claire Morgan, Strategic Director, Estyn Jassa Scott, Strategic Director, Estyn Liz Miles, Assistant Director, Estyn Annual Report – Estyn Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 2./1 is restricted Minutes: 2.1 The Committee scrutinised Estyn on its Annual Report. 2.2 Estyn agreed to provide the timescale on the publication of the thematic report on the National Centre for Learning Welsh. 2.3 Estyn agreed to provide a written response to any unanswered questions.
11.30	3.	Papers to note View the background to item 3. Minutes: 3.1 The papers were noted.
	3.1	Forward work programme View the background to item 3.1 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of Children, Young People and Education Committee from Head of Wales, Equality and Human Rights Commission , item 3.1 PDF 288 KB
	3.2	Forward work programme View the background to item 3.2 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Royal College of Occupational Therapists , item 3.2 PDF 79 KB
	3.3	Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny View the background to item 3.3 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Chief Inspector of Care Inspectorate Wales , item 3.3 PDF 206 KB
	3.4	Forward work programme View the background to item 3.4 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Literacy Expert Panel , item 3.4 PDF 177 KB View as HTML (3.4/1) 6 KB
	3.5	General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Education View the background to item 3.5 Supporting documents: Additional information from the Welsh Government following the scrutiny session on 4 February , item 3.5 PDF 355 KB
11.30	4.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting View the background to item 4. Minutes: 4.1 The motion was agreed.
11.40 - 11.55	5.	Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2024 - 2025 - consideration of the evidence View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous session. 5.2 The Committee agreed to wite to Estyn to follow up on some issues raised during the session.
11.55 - 12.30	6.	Consideration of the Committee's Legacy report View the background to item 6. Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 16 View the reasons why document 6./1 is restricted Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the draft report. An updated version would be considered at the meeting next week.

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