Councillors on the Health Social Care & Well Being overview and scrutiny board questioned the new director of Social Services, Phil Hodgson, and the new Head of Child & Family Services, David Howes on the issue of support for carers. The board is currently reviewing how the Council and its partners identify and support carers, including […]
Annual Performance Challenge – Education
December 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
At the Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting on Monday (5th Dec) Councillor looked at the performance data from across schools in Swansea, concentrating on educational attainment, school exclusions, attendance and employment training. Councillors were pleased to find: the overall trend for level 2 threshold indicator and core subject indicator is upward. that progress with […]
Top Performing Schools
November 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Board were pleased to invite Cwmglas Primary School Headteacher and Chair of Governors for a question and answer session based on their Estyn Inspection and pupil outcomes to their meeting on 7th November 2011. The school has been identified as top performing and Councillors wanted to find out the reasons for this. They were especially pleased […]
Effective Questioning for Scrutiny: A Checklist
October 20, 2011 by 3 Comments
Effective questioning is at the heart of effective scrutiny. For this reason it has been identified as one of the things that we want to develop and improve over the next 12 months. As a starting point we have tried to capture all of the things that the overview and scrutiny boards and committees in Swansea already do well, as […]
Key Initiatives Supporting Children and Young People in Swansea
September 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
At a Board on the 12th September the Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board looked at five short progress updates on important key initiatives that are helping to improve the lives of Children and Young People across Swansea. Councillors looked at: Restorative Practice Schools are continuing to embed restorative approaches in schools and services. […]