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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.
1.1 Councillor Colette Thomas was nominated as Chair, as Councillor Rose Seabourne had sent apologies for the meeting. 1.2 In addition to Councillor Seabourne, apologies were received from Councillors Janet Jones, Caroline Price and Chris Tew.
2.1 There were no declarations of interest.
3.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the meeting from 16 March 2023.
4.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the meeting from 30 March 2023.
6.1 The SCI&SO introduced the report, provided a brief background and confirmed the suggested scrutiny activity. 6.2 The DDoE updated that in relation to recommendation 2 of the Additional Learning Needs Strategy and Post Inspection Action Plan (Estyn recommendation 4), they were launching the Strategy in September in time for the new school year, having been out to consultation over the last two terms. 6.3 The Committee were pleased with the progress that had been made and agreed to remove all of the items within the report for future monitoring.
7.1 The SCI&SO presented the report and gave a brief overview of the suggested scrutiny activity. 7.2 The Committee were content with the progress that had been made. However, agreed to keep monitoring progress going forward. 7.3 The DDoE update in relation to recommendation 4, that Estyn had completed their monitoring visit in June and that the outcome letter had been received, which would be shared with Members in due course. The planned timetable for the next year was that in January 2024, Estyn would be visiting in relation to progress made against recommendation 1 specifically, and then in June they would be visiting to look at progress against recommendations 2 and 3. Following those visits, Estyn would then take a view as to whether they would need to visit for a final time to look at all four recommendations. This was all a work in progress and they were adjusting their service plan to reflect the progress that had been made, and were embedding new practices.
8.1 The date of the next meeting was to be confirmed. 8.2 The meeting ended at 2.18pm.
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