The Education Scrutiny Performance Panel found a discussion with members of the Swansea Skills Partnership very useful, helping them to understand the role, the progress being made and the added value of having such a Partnership in Swansea. You can view a video of the meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/IlakSASRkYc Councillors heard about the digital platform called […]

The Education Scrutiny Performance Panel chose to look at this issue because the numbers of requests to de-register pupils and to electively home educate them had increased resulting from the Covid situation.  The Panel heard that the local authority is not responsible for the provision of elective home education or under any statutory obligation to […]

Councillors from the Education Scrutiny Performance Panel agreed that it is inspiring to see, when supported, how pupils can become more resilient and able to learn. The Panel thanked the Headteacher of Waun Wen Primary and the Chair and Vice Chair of Governors for attending our meeting on the 19 November. They looked at Waun […]

‘We were pleased to hear about the fantastic work that has been done throughout to keep schools as “Covid secure” as possible, as well as to ensure that when pupils had to work from home, they had access to the appropriate computer equipment to enable them to use our digital platforms for learning. We also noted […]

Scrutiny Councillors will scrutinise the Annual Budget papers that are scheduled to be presented to the Councils Cabinet on the 20 February 2020. The Service Improvement and Finance Panel will carry out pre-decision scrutiny on these papers but prior to that the different scrutiny panels will have the opportunity to look at the budget from […]

The Education Scrutiny Performance Panel met in December to discuss the progress being made with Additional Educational Needs (ALN) Reform. Councillors considered a report outlining the ALN Strategy, progress over the last academic year, the projected pressures and the revised plan to mitigate these. The Panel heard the local authority is facing unprecedented change in […]