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(a) Councillor Sarah Merry (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Education, Employment and Skills) will be in attendance and may wish to make a statement;
(b) Nick Batchelar (Director, Education and Lifelong Learning) and Officers will present the report and answer Members questions;
(c) Questions from Committee Members;
(d) The Way Forward for this item will be considered at the end of the meeting.
Minutes:
The Chair welcomed Councillor Sarah Merry (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Education, Employment and Skills), Nick Batchelar (Direction of Education and Lifelong Learning) and Jennie Hughes (Senior Achievement Leader – Inclusion) to the meeting to present the Cabinet Report.
The report outlines the three priorities:
It also sets out the proposals in respect of 8 schools; Ty Gwyn Special School, The Hollies Special School, Greenhill School, Meadowbank Special School, Allensbank Primary School, St Mary the Virgin Church in Wales Primary School, Ysgol Pwll Coch and Ysgol Glantaf.
Cabinet will be asked to authorise officers to consult on the proposals, the outcome of the consultation will be reported where authorisation will be sought to publish the statutory notices.
Whilst Members did not have any questions of the Cabinet Member and Officers, a number of questions had been provided in writing from Members of the public.
AGREED: That the Chairperson, on behalf of the Committee, writes to the Cabinet Member conveying the observations of the Committee when discussing the Way Forward.
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