The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services scrutiny inquiry panel is meeting on 16 February to talk to representatives from the Council’s education department and the cabinet members for Education and Children & Young People. The meeting will begin at 9.30am and will be held in the Council Chamber in the Guildhall. The aim of the […]
What’s next for the Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Panel?
January 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will be meeting at 1.30pm on Wednesday 14 January (committee room 3, Civic Centre). On the agenda this week is a Q&A session with Councillor Jennifer Raynor, Cabinet Member for Education. The purpose of this session is to specifically focus on the achievement and impact of the […]
How can we improve behaviour in schools in order to improve performance?
October 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Schools Performance Scrutiny Panel will meet with the Councils Chief Education Officer and relevant staff from the education department to discuss what is being done to help schools deal with behaviour issues in order to improve pupil outcomes and the overall performance of schools in Swansea. Councillors will be discussing Swansea’s behaviour strategy, how […]
So, what is Elective Home Education?
July 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Elective Home Education, also known as Home Schooling, is where parents/carers decide to provide home based education for their children instead of sending them to school. Elective home education is an aspect of parental choice. This is different to Home Tuition which is where the local authority provides education for children who cannot attend school […]
Education Inclusion Scrutiny Inquiry Update
July 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Councillors previously planned to carry out an inquiry into Education Inclusion, particularly education other than at school, which was due to start in April. This was highlighted as a concern by the recommendation arising from the recent local authority education services for children and young people Estyn Inspection which stated that we need to ‘improve […]
Cabinet agree with scrutiny report for improving the attainment and wellbeing of children in Schools
July 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Cabinet formally responded to the Attainment and Wellbeing Scrutiny Inquiry report on 1 July. The inquiry considered how schools, the Council and partners can improve wellbeing in Schools. Cabinet has welcomed the report and agreed all 12 recommendations made by Panel and actions to implement these. The Inquiry Panel will monitor these actions over the […]