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 discuss progress in relation to, for example:
- Developing a broader strategy for literacy that stretches from early years into adulthood
- Improving the standard of literacy teaching across schools by ensuring every teacher is a ‘teacher of literacy’
- Encourage schools to develop partnerships with parents/carers/families by providing information about how they can help to develop their child’s literacy skills.
- Encourage school governing bodies to ensure that all governors in schools are clear of their role and responsibilities for each child in a school in terms of raising standard
This is the first of the progress reports on the literacy recommendation and depending on progress made the Board may wish to ask for a further update in about six months.
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