The Education Through Regional Working (ERW) Scrutiny Councillor Group met on the 27 September 2016 and one of the issues they discussed was how each local authority scrutiny body challenges their schools and education department when looking at pupil deprivation grant spend on vulnerable learners. The Group discussed a framework of ‘what works’ including looking at, for […]
Are all children ready for school in Swansea?
September 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
A new scrutiny panel is currently being set up that will look at children’s readiness for school in Swansea. It will meet for the first time on the 11 October. The issue was highlighted by Councillors as an important topic for review at the Scrutiny Work Planning Conference in May. Some of the reasons Councillors will look […]
The way ahead for Community Action
September 13, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The Council is facing significant budget cuts which mean that we need to take a radical look at the way things are done. This includes what services and assets we continue to manage and which we are unable to support. The Council’s Sustainable Swansea – Fit for the Future Strategy is about transforming Council services, […]
How effective are the tools and techniques for intervention for schools?
September 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Scrutiny Councillors are interested to find out how effective the tools and techniques for intervention are for schools in Swansea and plan to speak to different Headteachers in Swansea’s to gauge the opinions of the different interventions used in schools in the locality. The Schools Scrutiny Panel Councillors will meet with the Headteacher Peter Evans from […]
Regional education scrutiny meets again
September 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Scrutiny Councillors from across the six local authorities will meet again at the end of September. The purpose of the group is to help ensure the best educational outcomes for children in the Education Through Regional Working (ERW) region by supporting effective scrutiny to support consistent scrutiny across the six councils share scrutiny good practice […]
Reviewing School improvement in Swansea
August 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Scrutiny Councillors will, at their meeting on 1 September, take their annual look at how the school improvement service is progressing. This will include reviewing how the quality of teaching and learning and the consistency of teacher assessments are improving. The Hub Head for Education and Improvement covering Swansea and Neath Port Talbot areas will attend the […]