Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Meeting time: 09.15 - 12.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15120

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Buffy Williams MS (Chair) Natasha Asghar MS Cefin Campbell MS Vaughan Gething MS Joel James MS Carolyn Thomas MS
Witnesses:	Claire Armitstead, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Cymru Neil Foley, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Cymru Laura Doel, National Association of Headteachers NAHT Cymru Annette Farrell, Royal Society of Chemistry Shabana Brightley, Royal Society of Biology Eluned Parrott, Institute of Physics Kerry Bevan, Association for Language Learning
Committee Staff:	Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Tom Lewis-White (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser) Sian Hughes (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.

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2 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 4

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from NAHT and ASCL.

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3 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 5

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Royal Society of Biology and the Institute of Physics.

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4 Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 6

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Association for Language Learning.

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5 Papers to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7 Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the evidence

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it has heard in the previous evidence sessions.

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