A Scrutiny Working Group to look at Community Cohesion in Swansea has been arranged and will meet on the 20 June to look at the work and effectiveness of the Council and its partnerships in supporting and promoting community cohesion. The Working Group will look particularly at the overarching direction or strategy. Some of the issues […]
So what is happening in Education Scrutiny?
April 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Swansea Councils education scrutiny body, the Schools Performance Scrutiny Panel, has the role of providing ongoing challenge to schools performance in order to ensure that pupils in Swansea are receiving a high quality education and that it is meeting its objectives to improve schools standards and pupil attainment. The up-coming meetings for this Panel are: Thursday 17 May […]
Scrutiny Councillors commend progress at Bishop Vaughan School
March 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The Schools Scrutiny Performance Panel commend the Headteacher, senior leadership team and school staff for the improvements made at the school since 2016 and look forward to seeing the school continue to improve from its now strong base. Councillors were pleased to see the new strong leadership team taking the school forward and would particularly […]
Following up and looking at the impact of the School Readiness Scrutiny Inquiry
March 21, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The School Readiness Scrutiny Inquiry will meet again on the 27 March 2018 to look at the impact and progress that has been made with the recommendations that were agreed by Cabinet resulting from this piece of work. The Panel carried out their inquiry in 2017 which resulted in a number of recommendations that were […]
Scrutiny Councillors congratulate the Headteacher, Governors, staff and parents at Morriston Primary School
March 7, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Scrutiny Councillors from the Schools Scrutiny Performance Panel congratulate the Headteacher and school staff, the Challenge Advisor, the governing body, parents and pupils at the Morrison Primary School for their hard work and commitment to driving improvement at the school. The Panel, overall, are pleased to see a strong leadership team at the school emerging […]
The ERW Scrutiny Councillor Group will meet in March
February 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Scrutiny Councillors from across the six local authorities will meet on 9 March 2018. The purpose of the group is to help ensure the best educational outcomes for children in the Education Through Regional Working (ERW) region by supporting effective scrutiny to support consistent scrutiny across the six councils share scrutiny good practice encourage shared […]