The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board at their meeting on Monday 19th March will look at the Strategic Plan for Children and Young People 2011–2014 in order to review the success indicators as at March 2012. The focus of this report is on the 22 success indicators within the plan which were […]
Councillors continue to challenge Schools
March 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board has over the last year spoken to a number of school headteachers and Chairs of Governors about the educational outcomes and their schools capacity to improve. Councillors will be meeting with two more schools on the 19th March and will look to discuss some of the […]
Engaging disengaged pupils
February 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
At the meeting today (20th Feb) the Children, Young People and Learnng Overview and Scrutiny Board looked at Secondary School leavers who were classified as Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEETs) for the period 2005-2011. The report noted that significant progress has been made in reducing the levels of young people who are NEET […]
Libraries performance explained
February 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Environment & Communities Overview & Scrutiny Board met with the Cabinet Member for Culture and Tourism and the Head of Libraries last week. The Board were very interested to receive the latest performance information on the Libraries Service and Members commended Steve Hardman as Head of Libraries and his staff for the excellent service that they provide. […]
Role of Teaching Assistants across Primary Schools is now complete
January 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board have over recent months been looking at the role of the teaching assistant in the primary sector in Swansea. The Board chose to look at this issue because it has become evident that the numbers of teaching assistants employed across schools in Swansea (and across […]
Update on Literacy Review
January 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny completed a review of literacy across schools in swansea last year and have, for their meeting on 23rd January, asked for an update on the progress made in relation to the recommendations that were agreed by Cabinet on 7th April 2011. The Board will be keen to […]