Scrutiny Councillors plan to meet on the 28 November to discuss car park charges in Swansea. They have been given a brief by the Scrutiny Programme Committee for one off working group to raise issues and ask questions about car park charges and provision across Swansea including information on service performance and plans for improvement. […]

The Chairs and Vice Chairs of all six local authorities’ Education Scrutiny Committees came together in Brecon for their bi-annual Scrutiny Councillor Group on the 29 September 2017.  Detailed below are some of the conclusions from the Councillor Group that have been put into a letter to the Chair of the ERW Joint Committee. Quota […]

The School Governance Scrutiny Panel heard that the inquiry has provided a useful opportunity to reflect upon support for school governance.  It has supported the need for the Governor Support Team to work more closely with Education Through Regional Working (ERW) colleagues.  The Panel were told that it is proving beneficial in helping schools and […]

A new scrutiny inquiry panel has started which will look at regional working.  Over the coming months the Panel will be looking into aspects of regional working and will look to address the following key questions ‘How the Council, with its partners, can develop and improve regional working for the benefit of Swansea and its […]

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: 18 October 2018 at 4.00pm (Committee […]

Scrutiny Councillors from across the six local authorities will meet on 29 September 2017 (ERW Scrutiny Councillor Group 29 9 17). 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 […]