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Items
No. |
Item |
1. |
Apologies
To receive apologies for absence.
Minutes:
An apology for absence was received from
County Councillor D Meredith.
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2. |
Disclosures of interest
To receive any disclosures of interest by
Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting.
Minutes:
There were no declarations of interest from
Members relating to items for consideration on the agenda.
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3. |
Declarations of Party Whip
To
receive disclosures of prohibited party whips which a Member has
been given in relation to the meeting in accordance with Section
78(3) of the Local Government Measure 2011.
(NB: Members are reminded that under Section 78 Members having
been given a prohibited party whip cannot vote on a matter before
the Committee.)
Minutes:
The Committee did not receive
any disclosures of prohibited party whips which a Member has been
given in relation to the meeting in accordance with Section 78(3)
of the Local Government Measure 2011.
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4. |
Secondary School Strategy
To receive and consider a presentation by the
Head of Education.
Minutes:
Documents Considered:
·
Secondary School Improvement Strategy –
Presentation by the Head of Education
Issues
Discussed:
·
Priorities
·
Success Criteria
·
Progress made this year against each
priority
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Questions:
Question
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Response
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Success Criteria
– how will they be measured and how smart are
they.
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The statements
are at a very high level and across all
of the secondary schools that will be a task to pull the
success together. This is not a one year
solution either and will take some time. The Service is working
with schools to measure against their improvement criteria linked
to this. A variety of evidence being captured by the Service and by
schools which will help develop forward and succession planning and the Service will work alongside schools
to evaluate that evidence.
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This has been
difficult for everyone to implement. Because of the constraints are
you happy with where things are now. How does the profession feel
about engaging in future developments.
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Schools have
welcomed collaborative learning. Touchpoint visits have been
undertaken with schools during the past year to see where schools
are positioned with this. This summer skills visits have been
undertaken. In terms of progress made there is confidence in the
professional learning. Schools are keen for the Service to be
working alongside schools and the potential support models which we
are developing with schools. Therefore, there is buy-in from the
schools and we need to build on that. The evidence collected over
the past six weeks will help evaluate if the strategy is developing
as necessary after two years of Covid.
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How are we going
to find adequate time in the academic year to incorporate this and
to be able to hold these meetings and what is the potential impact
on staff workload.
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The Service has
worked closely with headteachers around the professional learning
offer so this is not additional with
professional support being provided for example through inset
sessions. The Service is working with clusters and is also
developing the support available. Insets are being staggered next
year which will help clusters. This year’s visits have been
around well-being. Over the summer the school support models are
being finalised so that the support provided is bespoke to the
schools’ need. It is also not an addition but is a coaching
and mentoring model working alongside staff with their structures
and plans.
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There are
methods in the strategy to achieve outcomes. Will be there
opportunities later to provide real life examples for the Committee
of differences this has made.
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Yes this can be provided. We need measures to capture
progress including case examples. It will also assist in refining
the strategy from the evaluation of the strategy. All of the work
will be capturing impact that the Service is having as this is a
self
improving system. The Service will be working
alongside schools to develop capacity within leaders and
practitioners.
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The Covid
pandemic had caused a delay in learning of around 22 months which
is significant. Is this a national or Powys statistic
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5. |
Work Programme
To note that future meetings of the Committee
are scheduled as follows:
16-09-22
14.00
– 16.00
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Pre-Meeting
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21-09-22
14.00
– 16.00
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Committee
- Public
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24-10-22
14.00
– 16.00
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Pre-Meeting
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26-10-22
14.00
– 16.00
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Committee
- Public
Q2 Performance and Risk
All Heads of Service
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09-12-22
14.00
– 16.00
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Pre-Meeting
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14-12-22
14.00
– 16.00
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Committee
- Public
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Minutes:
Documents Considered:
·
Draft Work programme.
Issues
Discussed:
·
Items for inclusion on the Forward Work
Programme:
·
Funding formula and school
funding
·
School budgets and support for schools in
deficit
·
Transforming Education
programme.
·
WESP and the move of dual stream schools to fully
bilingual schools. What influence does the Council have to move
schools to bilingual schools. The
Director of Education advised that with the new categorisation of
Welsh Medium schools, information about where schools were
currently positioned could be brought to
scrutiny.
Outcomes:
·
Noted.
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