Agenda - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 23 October 2025

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Naomi Stocks

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddChildren@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Public meeting

09.00

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

09.00

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2 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 3 and 6 of the meeting

09.00

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Private meeting

09.00 - 09.30

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3 Routes into post-16 education and training - consideration of the draft report

09.00 - 09.30 (Pages 1 - 166)

Attached Documents:
Draft Report

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Public meeting

09.30 - 11.30

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4 Implementation of education reforms - evidence session

09.30 -11.30 (Pages 167 - 231)

Lynne Neagle MS, Cabinet Secretary for Education

Hannah Wharf, Deputy Director, Support for Learners Division, Welsh Government

Louise Brown, Head of ALN Reform, Welsh Government

Lloyd Hopkin, Deputy Director, Curriculum and Assessment, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research Brief
Welsh Government

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5 Papers to note

11.30

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5.1 Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth

(Pages 232 - 236)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chair of the Chair’s forum from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee

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5.2 Information from Stakeholders

(Pages 237 - 238)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee

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5.3 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 239 - 250)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Minister for Children and Social Care

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Private meeting

11.30 - 12.00

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6 Implementation of education reforms - consideration of the evidence

11.30- 12.00

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