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
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
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 […]
Top Performing Schools
The Board were pleased to invite Cwmglas Primary School Headteacher and Chair of Governors for a question and answer session based on their Estyn Inspection and pupil outcomes to their meeting on 7th November 2011. The school has been identified as top performing and Councillors wanted to find out the reasons for this. They were especially pleased […]
Teaching Assistants in Swansea Primary Schools
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board are in the progress of reviewing the role of Teaching Assistants across the primary sector in schools in Swansea. Councillors chose this subject at a Board meeting in June and have started their investigations with a visit to a small rural primary school speaking to the […]