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 […]
New Report Praises Scrutiny Board
November 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) has produced a report on its annual review and evaluation of performance of Swansea Social Services for 2010/11. The inspector’s report sets out the key strengths and areas for development / improvement for the year 2010/11, under a number of themes. It is very pleasing to read […]
Award Winning Board Plans Another Year’s Work
July 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Child & Family Services Overview & Scrutiny Board has identified priority areas for its work over the coming year. The Board will continue its in-depth Review of the Support for Care Leavers. Evidence gathering for this review commenced in February and the Task & Finish Group carrying out this work is expected to deliver […]
What should the Child & Family Services Overview & Scrutiny Board Investigate Next?
April 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday the Board met for the final time in this council year. It took the opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved over the past year. It was the year which saw the removal of the Assembly appointed Intervention Board and ‘serious concerns’ protocol in relation to Child & Family Services. The work of […]
Is Scrutiny a Critical Friend?
November 25, 2010 by 1 Comment
Earlier today I was involved in a really good debate about the critical friend role with the Overview & Scrutiny Business Committee. Critical Friend is an interesting term and one that gets used a lot. I’m not sure people really give as much thought as they should to exactly what it means and the best way to put it into practice. […]