The Place Scrutiny Board agreed its first Inquiry Panels at a meeting on Monday (23 July). After a process of prioritisation of potential topics at a recent work planning conference, two topics were proposed. These being Tourism and Public Transport. Tourism Councillors agreed upon Tourism because it is one of our key economic sectors supporting over 5,398 jobs in […]
What should the Environment & Communities Overview & Scrutiny Board investigate next?
March 23, 2012 by 5 Comments
The Environment & Communities Overview & Scrutiny Board will hold its last meeting of the municipal year on 17th April. They will use the meeting to reflect on how they have worked together this year and how they could improve next year. During 2011/12 the Board held 13 formal board meetings, 10 task and finish […]
‘A Year in Children, Young People and Learning’
March 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board, at its meeting on the 16th April, will review the years activities, discuss those areas for future scrutiny and any lessons learnt from their work. The Board have had 11 Board meetings, 12 task and finish groups and looked at over 20 issues. Some of the […]
Teaching Assistants Report goes to Cabinet
March 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Boards review of the role of teaching assistants across primary schools in Swansea is to be discussed by the Councils Cabinet on the 8th March. The Board found that the numbers of teaching assistants employed across schools in Swansea had increased substantially over recent years, along with our […]
Councillors continue to challenge Schools
March 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board has over the last year spoken to a number of school headteachers and Chairs of Governors about the educational outcomes and their schools capacity to improve. Councillors will be meeting with two more schools on the 19th March and will look to discuss some of the […]