Agenda and minutes

Performance Scrutiny Committee - People - Tuesday, 10th December, 2024 10.00 am

Venue: Committee Room 1 / Microsoft Teams

Contact: Samantha Herritty  Scrutiny Adviser

Items
No. Item

1.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

None.

2.

Service Area Mid Year Reports 2024-25 - Education Services pdf icon PDF 150 KB

a)    Officer presentation

b)    Committee questioning and discussion

c)     Formation of comments and recommendations

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Education and Early Years provided an overview of the report to the Committee.

Members questioned the Officers and Cabinet Member on the content of the report - to access a full recording of the comments made please refer to the Council's YouTube Channel Democratic Meetings / Cyfarfodydd Democrataidd

Outcomes:

  • The Committee recommended that Officers consider a whole city approach to improve Welsh-medium learning continuation from Meithrin to Reception.
  • The Committee requested the number of hours that English-medium schools have timetabled for Welsh lessons.
  • The Committee requested NEET destination data and drop-off rate.
  • The Committee requested figures for children who transition from Welsh to English-medium provision.

 

3.

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a)      Actions Arising (Appendix 1)

b)      Forward Work Programme (Appendix 2)

c)      Outcomes Monitoring (Appendix 3)

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

a)    Actions Arising

The Scrutiny Adviser highlighted the updated table. They added that communications had been sent to all Members inviting them to visit the Assistive Technology Hub.

b)    Forward Work Programme

 The Scrutiny Adviser noted no changes to the work programme and the date of the nextmeeting of the 14th January 2025.

c)    Outcomes

The Scrutiny Advisor informed Committee that these had been updated and still awaiting response.

 

4.

Meeting recording

Minutes: