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Chairs Announcements Minutes: The
Committee was informed of a change to the following report on the Cabinet Board
Agenda: ·
Agenda Item 8 – Capital Programme Monitoring Report 2020/2021 – The Implementation
of Decisions was to be changed from ‘3 day call in period’ to ‘immediate implementation’ Following
the update, Members were happy with the changes, therefore chose not to
scrutinise the report. |
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Declarations of Interests Minutes: The
following member made a declaration of interest: Cllr. M.Harvey - Re.
Item 11 – Revenue Budget 2021/2022 as he works for South Wales Police. |
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting PDF 82 KB Minutes: The
minutes of the meeting which took place on 3 February 2021 were approved. |
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Pre-decision Scrutiny ·
To select appropriate items from the Cabinet agenda for pre-decision
scrutiny (cabinet reports enclosed for Scrutiny Members) Minutes: The Committee
scrutinised the following cabinet items: Education
through Regional Working Consortium Developments Members were
updated on the Education through Regional Working (ERW) consortium
developments. It was highlighted
that ERW had provided various training courses and information to educational
practitioners such as teachers, teaching assistants and school governors;
Members asked what had replaced that provision, since the Council had withdrawn
from ERW. Officers
explained that the Council provided its own school improvement services to
schools within the County Borough; some examples of the arrangements included: ·
The core visit, to which chairs of governors
were invited, was undertaken by the Councils Education Support Officers (ESOs); ·
The support for curriculum development was
also provided by the school improvement staff. There were opportunities for
schools to share practice to ensure they benefitted from each other in terms of
learning, and there were a number of pioneer schools who had been involved in
the development of the curriculum since the outset; ·
The Education department were involved in
running governor support programmes; ·
The Council bought in a number of national
leadership programmes from ERW, such as the National Professional Qualification
for Headship (NPQH), as well as programmes for middle leadership etc. Following on
from this, Officers stated that it was important to ensure that the quality of
what was being delivered to pupils was in line with the aspirations. Members
were informed that a curriculum advisory group had been developed in which
school practitioners were involved in along with other individuals for example,
people in the community who run their own businesses and Officers from the
Environment Directorate; this enabled Officers to gain an understanding of how
the skills that had been developed at school level, were benefitting young
people in terms of their future work prospects and the skill demands that will
be in place over the next 10-15 years, to ensure that those young people were
equipped with those skills as well as being made aware of work opportunities.
It was added that staff in the Education Directorate had been completing work
around the creative industry; a very successful curriculum convention was held
in which local companies, involved in production programmes such as S4C,
attended. The Chair of the
Education, Skills and Culture Scrutiny Committee assured Members that the
Education, Skills and Culture Scrutiny Committee had been and would continue to
receive updates in relation to ERW; the Chair stated that Members who were
interested in the subject matter had the opportunity to attend the Scrutiny
Committee if they wished to be informed further. A discussion took
place in relation to Swansea and Carmarthen’s withdrawal notice, to which
Officers confirmed that the notices to withdraw were rescinded as they were
unable to complete the legal processes within the timescale that they were
originally looking at. Detailed within the circulated report it highlighted that Officers had requested details of the redundancy liability, however were yet to receive a response; it was asked if Officers had any idea as to when they would receive an ... view the full minutes text for item 4. |
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Forward Work Programme 2020/21 PDF 61 KB Minutes: The Committee noted the Cabinet Scrutiny Forward Work Programme 2020/21. |