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Approval of Minutes PDF 371 KB To receive for approval the minutes of the meeting of 10 10 2022 and 19 01 2023
Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meetings of the Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committee 1 dated 10 of October 2022 and 19 January 2023 be approved as a true and accurate record. |
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Education And Family Support Directorate Strategic Plan 2023-2026 PDF 136 KB Invitees:
Councillor Jon-Paul Blundell – Cabinet Member Education
Lindsay Harvey - Corporate Director – Education and Family Support Susan Roberts – Group Manager School Support Michelle Hatcher – Group Manager Inclusion and School Improvement Gaynor Thomas – School Programme Manager Robin Davies – Group Manager, Business Support Mark Lewis - Group Manager - Family Support
Clara Seery - Managing Director - Central South Consortium Natalie Gould – Assistant Director for Curriculum and Professional Learning Darren Jones – Principal Improvement Manager – Central South Consortium Nicole Goggin-Jones – Headteacher, Nantyfyllon Primary School Mike Street – Headteacher, Penyfai Church in Wales Primary School
Ravi Pawar – Headteacher, Bryntirion Comprehensive School and Chair of BASH Additional documents:
Minutes: The Corporate Director, Education and Family Support presented the report, the purpose of which was to provide the Committee with an opportunity to view and comment on the draft Education and Family Support Directorate Strategic Plan 2023-2026.
The Chairperson thanked the Corporate Director, Education and Family Support and Invitees and Members discussed the following:
· The 15 strategic themes identified that underpin the three-year strategic plan, discussing:
- The narratives of those themes - The success indicators: how they were measured accurately, and processes standardised for schools - The detail in the plan and how themes where achieved, and support increased - The understanding of the new curriculum - Collated data for comparison - Training of Officers
· Pupil attendance, absence levels, the ownership of attendance and the responsibility.
· School Governors statutory training modules and additional training available and whether more training should be mandatory.
· Backlog of maintenance work in some older school buildings, increases in utility bills and what support was available.
· Uplift in proficiency in the Welsh language among younger people and adults, the consideration of the introduction of Welsh medium catchment areas, the Local Authority’s aspiration to drive up the number of learners in their Welsh medium schools and the provision of home to school transport.
· RAYG self-evaluation guidelines and how the status of each theme could improve over the course of the strategic plan’s timeframe.
· The demand for counselling services for children and parents and the waiting times, expert support for these learners and the map and gap analysis undertaken to see what support was offered and identify any gaps.
The Chairperson advised that there were no further questions for the Invitees, thanked the Invitees for their attendance and, advised that they may leave the meeting.
RESOLVED: Following detailed consideration and discussions with Cabinet Members and Officers, the Committee made the following Recommendations:
1.
Members expressed concern
regarding the retention of school staff and their wellbeing. They
discussed the importance of the support pupils received for their
wellbeing and felt that staff wellbeing should be of equal
priority. Members recommended that the narrative regarding the
support for staff in T1 Pupil and staff wellbeing be
strengthened to reflect this.
2.
During discussions
regarding pupil attendance and levels of absence, Members requested
a breakdown of the reasons for and the numbers of absence and
recommended that these be included in the Plan.
3.
Members considered the
success indicators relating to T2 Support for pupil
behaviour, attendance, and exclusions and highlighted that
assessing progress towards the achievement of the objective
‘a reduction in fixed term and permanent exclusions’
would only be meaningful if all schools were following the School
Attendance Policy to ensure consistency. Members recommended there
be a standardised Exclusion Policy referenced in the Plan to ensure
assurance in the data provided and accurate measurement of the
improvements. 4. Members recommended that there be more granular detail in the Plan on how the ambition for completion of the statutory training modules by School Governors could be measured annually ... view the full minutes text for item 17. |
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Corporate Parenting Champion Nomination PDF 132 KB Minutes: TheScrutiny Officer presented the report which requested the Committee to nominate one Member as its Corporate Parenting Champion to represent the Committee as an invitee to meetings of the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting.
The Chairperson invited nominations, following which it was
RESOLVED: That Councillor Richard Collins be nominated to represent Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committee 1 as an Invitee to meetings of the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting. |
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Urgent Items To consider any item(s) of business in respect of which notice has been given in accordance with Part 4 (paragraph 4) of the Council Procedure Rules and which the person presiding at the meeting is of the opinion should by reason of special circumstances be transacted at the meeting as a matter of urgency. Minutes: None. |