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Cardiff 2020 - 2025 Proposals and Curriculum and Skills Briefing

To receive briefings from the Director on the proposals for the revision of Cardiff 2020 to develop a new Cardiff 2020 – 2025, as well as details of the Curriculum and Skills convention.

Minutes:

The Chairperson welcomed Councillor Sarah Merry (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Education and skills), Nick Batchelar (Director of Education and Lifelong Learning), Suzanne Scarlet and Natalie Stork (Performance and Information Management) to the meeting.

 

The Chairperson invited the Director of Education and Lifelong Learning to make a statement in which he outlined that we were close to 2020 and there was a need to look ahead at aspirations and shared goals and strategies to achieve them.  There was also a need to look at what education in Wales should look like in a decade.  He explained that this was a partnership document where the Council plays a leadership role, education is a public good and as outlined in the Capital Ambition so much hinges on a good education system.  He added that Wales needs a credible currency in educations. 

 

Referring to the convention, it was noted that there shouldn’t be just teachers, but people from the forefront of universities and businesses for a more informed understanding of issues that will be faced in the future.  Officers explained the format and timings for the convention and advised that invitations were due to be sent imminently.

 

The Chairperson thanked Officers and invited questions and comments from Members.

 

Members asked why there were no parent representatives at the convention and were advised that there would be Governors invited and it was up to the Governing Bodies to decide which Governors attended, unfortunately there was a challenge on numbers being able to attend the convention.  Officers agreed that parents needed to be engaged more fully in general.

 

Members asked how it could be ensured that there was good representation from the professional and business element in Cardiff.  Officers advised that as part of the Cardiff Commitment, the Council was committed to bringing partners together to connect growth in the economy and education; invites were being sent via Economic Development and lots of businesses had committed to attend, it was hoped there would be six different growth sectors represented.

 

Members noted that Church in Wales and Roman Catholic schools were represented and asked if other Faith schools were too.  Officers explained that the respective diocese had been involved in the convention but there aren’t the same structural connections with other faith schools.  The Cabinet Member stated that they are well represented on the SACRE committee which covers all religious groups and that Cardiff and Welsh SACRE would be feeding into the curriculum side of things.

 

AGREED – That the Chairperson writes to the Cabinet Member on behalf of the Committee expressing their comments and observations discussed during the Way Forward.

 

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