Archives for May 2015

What will education scrutiny look like over the coming year?

The Schools Performance Scrutiny Panel at their meeting on 18 May discussed their work programme for the coming year. The Panels brief is to provide ongoing challenge to schools performance to ensure that pupils in Swansea are receiving high quality education; and the authority is meeting its objectives in relation to improving school standards and pupil attainment. […]

What should scrutiny be looking at?

Scrutiny councillors will soon be having their annual work planning conference where they will be prioritising their work for the coming year. It is important that scrutiny is focussing on the issues that are most important to the public so scrutiny councillors would like your input. They would like to know, are there any council […]

What’s next for the Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Panel?

The Service Improvement & Finance Scrutiny Performance Panel will be meeting at 1.30pm on Wednesday 13 May (committee room 3, Civic Centre). The role of the Panel is to scrutinise the Council’s corporate performance, service improvement and budget arrangements. On the agenda this week is a Q&A session with Councillor David Hopkins, Cabinet Member for Housing […]