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 […]
Role of Teaching Assistants across Primary Schools is now complete
January 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Child Poverty and Educational Attainment Update
January 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board completed a review looking at child poverty and its links with educational attainment in July 2010 and have received regular updates on progress since then. The Board at its meeting on the 23rd January will look at progress to date which will include asking questions on […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s Not Rocket Science – It’s Networking!
November 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Just a quick post to feed back from a meeting of the Mid and West Wales Regional Scrutiny Network that we hosted this morning here in Swansea. The purpose of this meeting is very straightforward – once every few months it gives councillors involved in scrutiny an opportunity to share good practice, talk about common concerns and […]