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On each item the committee resolved that the Chair will write to the Cabinet Member for Education with its comments and observations. The minute records no decision to approve or reject any of the proposals.
Cllr Humphreys chaired in Cllr Moultrie's absence. The Committee scrutinised four Cabinet proposals before Cabinet decides on 16 July: young people's housing support, the social services annual report, the corporate parenting report and Welsh-medium secondary school places. It agreed that the Chair will write to the Cabinet Member with its comments on each, approved the Scrutiny Annual Report and noted its work programme.
For both, it resolved that the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member with the Committee's comments. It also noted the draft Scrutiny Annual Report 2025/26, with one amendment.
The Committee scrutinised the draft school admissions policy for 2027/28 before Cabinet considers it on 19 March, and Cardiff's bid to renew its UNICEF Child-Friendly City status. On both, it agreed that the Chair should write to the Cabinet Member with its comments. It also agreed to use the April slot differently during the pre-election period, and to pause the ALN Task and Finish group to look at young people who are not in employment, education or training.
The Committee considered the draft Corporate Plan and budget proposals for the services it scrutinises, covering Children's Services, Education and Supporting Young People. Members questioned officers and three Cabinet Members on school funding, the children's services overspend and savings. The Committee agreed that the Chairperson will write to each Cabinet Member with its comments; no formal recommendation was minuted on the budget overview itself.
At its meeting on 20 January 2026, the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee examined five reports ahead of Cabinet on 22 January: school budgets, the Annual Education Performance Report, investment in the education estate, Welsh-medium secondary places, and the St Mellons Church in Wales Primary School move to the Saints Federation. On each, the Committee agreed that the Chairperson will write to the Cabinet Member with its comments and observations. The minutes record no other decisions by the Committee.
The Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee carried out pre-decision scrutiny of Phase 1 of a plan to add 462 specialist places for pupils with additional learning needs (ALN), ahead of Cabinet on 18 December 2025. The Committee agreed that the Chairperson would write to the Cabinet Member with its comments and observations. It also considered a proposal to extend the age range of Ysgol Gymraeg Coed-Y-Gof, where no objections were received, and asked no questions.
On 7 October 2025 the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee pre-scrutinised two reports due before Cabinet on 16 October 2025, and received a briefing on eliminating profit from care. The Committee noted the Local Authority Social Services Annual Report 2024/25 and the draft Cardiff Inclusion Strategy and agreed that its comments would go to Cabinet. The Chair will write to the Cabinet Member with the Committee's comments.