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There is no summary of this meeting yet. Summaries are written once the council publishes the minutes, which are its official record of what a meeting decided. They usually appear a few weeks after the meeting.
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The minutes of the meeting 14th January 2025 were approved as a true and accurate record.
The report was introduced by the Cabinet Member - Education and the Head of Education. The Education Achievement Service Assistant Director – Policy and Strategy presented the report. Members questioned the Officers on the content of the report – to access a full recording of the comments made please refer to the Council’s YouTube channel, and to the meeting name and date. Democratic meetings / Cyfarfodydd democrataidd. The Committee requested an update on the reform of the curriculum and examinations.
The report was introduced by the Cabinet Member for Education and the Assistant Head of Education with responsibility for resources. Members questioned the Officers on the content of the report – to access a full recording of the comments made please refer to the Council’s YouTube channel, and to the meeting name and date. Democratic meetings / Cyfarfodydd democrataidd. Conclusions: The Committee expressed their contentment with the report. The Committee made a general recommendation that efforts should be made for a Welsh language provision at community events to boost awareness of the language and resources. Officers confirmed that this will be referred to the Strategic Director for Transformation and Corporate.
The Scrutiny Advisor informed the Committee that the existing actions and outcomes remain outstanding, but they have been enquired for progress. The Committee highlighted the outstanding Education Services actions and outcomes and the Head of Education agreed to provide a report regarding NEET data and to provide the outstanding information. The Committee agreed that the outstanding Education Services outcome could be marked as complete following this meeting. The Scrutiny Advisor noted that this was the final meeting for the year and informed them that the new forward work programme for the year 2025/26 would be provided to the Committee at the first meeting of the new municipal year. The Committee requested that the relevant Heads of Service are invited to the Committee to follow up on these items. The Chair agreed to look at this.
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