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 […]
How can we improve behaviour in schools in order to improve performance?
October 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
What can we do to increase inward investment?
August 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Inward Investment Scrutiny Inquiry found that Swansea has many assets that could potentially encourage investment to the area like, for example, superfast Broadband, good transport links, relatively low property and rental costs, a large ready loyal labour force and facilities for training, research and development through our Universities and colleges locally. However, it highlighted that […]
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 […]
Scrutiny looks at how schools deal with staff competency issues
July 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Schools Performance Panel at their meeting on the 3 July looked at how the authority tackles the issue of poor performing teachers and the recruitment of senior staff in schools. The Chief Education Officer and Head of Human Resources attended the meeting to discuss a number of specific issues, particularly around the amount and accuracy […]
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 […]