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Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Hybrid) - Thursday, 5 June 2025 09.30

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Transcript: Transcript for 05/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee

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Expected timing	No.	Item
09.30	1.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest View the background to item 1. Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee. 1.2 Vaughan Gething MS sent his apologies for the start of the meeting, he joined the meeting at 10am.
09.30 - 10.30	2.	Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 1 View the background to item 2. Hayden Llewellyn, Chief Executive, Education Workforce Council [Via Zoom] Eithne Hughes, Chair of Council, Education Workforce Council [Via Zoom] Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 2./1 is restricted Paper 1 - Education Workforce Council , item 2. PDF 510 KB View as HTML (2./2) 36 KB Minutes: 2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Education Workforce Council. 2.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Education Workforce Council with some follow-up questions.
10.40 - 11.40	3.	Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 2 View the background to item 3. Professor David Egan, Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy, Cardiff Metropolitan University Jack Worth, Lead on School Workforce Research for the National Foundation for Education and Research James Zuccollo, Director of School Workforce, Education Policy Institute Supporting documents: Paper 2 - Cardiff Metropolitan University , item 3. PDF 524 KB Paper 3 - Education Policy Institute , item 3. PDF 164 KB View as HTML (3./2) 12 KB Minutes: 3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Cardiff Metropolitan University, the National Foundation for Education and Research and the Education Policy Institute.
11.45 - 12.45	4.	Teacher recruitment and retention - evidence session 3 View the background to item 4. Neil Butler, National Office for Wales, NASUWT Ioan Rhys Jones, General Secretary, Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC) Claire Rickard, Wales Executive Member, National Education Union (NEU) Stuart Williams, Policy Officer, National Education Union (NEU) Supporting documents: Paper 4 - Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC) , item 4. PDF 336 KB View as HTML (4./1) 37 KB Minutes: 4.1 The Committee heard evidence from the NASUWT, UCAC and NEU. 4.2 The NEU and NASUWT agreed to provide an analysis of the figures from the survey carried out with its Members.
12.45	5.	Papers to note View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The papers were noted.
	5.1	School improvement and learner attainment View the background to item 5.1 Supporting documents: Response from University of Wales, Trinity Saint David , item 5.1 PDF 363 KB View as HTML (5.1/1) 52 KB
	5.2	School improvement and learner attainment View the background to item 5.2 Supporting documents: Response from Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council , item 5.2 PDF 385 KB View as HTML (5.2/1) 19 KB
	5.3	School improvement and learner attainment View the background to item 5.3 Supporting documents: Response from Swansea Council , item 5.3 PDF 425 KB View as HTML (5.3/1) 22 KB
	5.4	School improvement and learner attainment View the background to item 5.4 Supporting documents: Response from Isle of Anglesey County Council , item 5.4 PDF 175 KB View as HTML (5.4/1) 14 KB
	5.5	School improvement and learner attainment View the background to item 5.5 Supporting documents: Response from Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council , item 5.5 PDF 101 KB View as HTML (5.5/1) 14 KB
	5.6	School improvement and learner attainment View the background to item 5.6 Supporting documents: Response from the Welsh Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Education in Wales , item 5.6 PDF 341 KB View as HTML (5.6/1) 47 KB
	5.7	School improvement and learner attainment View the background to item 5.7 Supporting documents: Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Education from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 5.7 PDF 92 KB
	5.8	P-06-1501 Put rugby in the curriculum for Wales from primary schools through to secondary Schools View the background to item 5.8 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Chair of the Petitions Committee , item 5.8 PDF 101 KB
	5.9	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 View the background to item 5.9 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Finance Committee from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 5.9 PDF 98 KB
	5.10	Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools View the background to item 5.10 Supporting documents: Information from individual , item 5.10 PDF 83 KB View as HTML (5.10/1) 12 KB
12.45	6.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The motion was agreed.
12.45 - 13.00	7.	Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the evidence View the background to item 7. Minutes: 7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous evidence sessions.

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