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Resolved that the Minutes of the Education & Skills Service Transformation Committee held on 23 July 2025 be approved and signed as correct record.
Officers jointly presented a detailed report which provided the committee with background information relating to the current provision for reading and numeracy in Swansea schools and how support could improve further. The report sets out the local and national perspective on reading and numeracy outcomes, the current professional learning offered by Swansea’s School Improvement Team (SIT) and the officer assessment of what support schools need to make improvements. Areas outlined and detailed in the report included the following: · Influence of the new curriculum for Wales; · PISA student assessment; · National comparator of progress and individual personalised assessments; · Results from these assessments and the difference in performance between boys and girls in the different subject areas; · Estyn feedback, comments and areas identified from their visits to Swansea schools; · Role and impact of the new posts for performance specialist evaluation for numeracy & literacy; · Swansea’s professional learning for schools; · Numeracy; · Literacy; · Challenges and risks going forward; · Conclusions; · Suggested options to support service transformation going forward – six main areas to strengthen leadership & strategic planning and improve self-evaluation & quality assurance. Further to the report Dai Thomas, Nick Jones and Rhian Price Deer provided a comprehensive powerpoint presentation in support of the circulated report. The presentation referred to, outlined and summarised the following areas: · Cabinet Secretary for Education in Welsh Governments view that attendance, literacy and numeracy will be my absolute focus. These are non-negotiable, they will underpin everything we do; · What do we mean by numeracy and literacy; · Patterns in Performance; · PISA and Personalised Assessments; · Average PISA scores in UK for numeracy & literacy by nation; · Patterns of attainment in reading numeracy 2018-2024; · Differences in attainment in reading & numeracy be gender; · The Inspectorate Viewpoint – Annual Report 2023-24 and its main findings and issues and concerns raised around planning for progression; · Performance Specialists Evaluation role and help, assistance and input into schools; · Professional Learning Support 2024-26; · Suggested Options to Support Service Transformation – 1.Strengthen Leadership and Strategic Planning, 2. Improve Self-Evaluation and Quality Assurance, 3. Enhance Professional Learning. Members made various comments regarding both the report and the details contained within it and the additional information provided by officers via the presentation during the meeting and asked numerous questions of the officers, who responded accordingly. The Chair, Cabinet Member and Director welcomed the information provided and thanked the Officers for the work in preparing and presenting both the report and the presentation. The Chair outlined that the areas suggested in the report be supported and form the basis of the committees focus going forward on the matter during the municipal year. Resolved that the suggested options to support service transformation as outlined in the report be agreed.
The Chair outlined the workplan for the committee for the remainder of the municipal year. He indicated that following the discussion at the last meeting in July, a site visit to two schools to view the school meal offer had been arranged for Thursday 25th September at noon, details had already been circulated to Members. The Panel Performance Assessment report would now be discussed at the November meeting.
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