This report provides the Committee with details of the performance of the Schools as well as an analysis of results across ethnic groups and gender.
(a) Councillor Sarah Merry (Cabinet Member for Education, Employment & Skills) will be in attendance and may wish to make a statement;
(b) Nick Batchelar and Jacqueline Turner (Director and Assistant Director, Education and Lifelong Learning) will present the report and be available to answer any questions Members may have.
Representatives of the Consortiums Challenge Advisors and Head Teachers will also be in attendance;
(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), Jackie Turner (Assistant Director of Education and Lifelong Learning), Richard Thomas (Headteacher at Ysgol Pencae), and Siân Voyce (Headteacher Hywel Dda Primary School) to the meeting.
The Chairperson invited the Cabinet Member to make a statement in which she referred to the key strength’s in Cardiff’s performance in 2017, and in particular to the continuing reduction in the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training; 8% in 2010 and currently 1.7%.
The Assistant Director presented the report and provided Members with a presentation.
Members were invited to comment, seek clarification, or raise questions on the information received. Those discussions are summarised as follows:
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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