29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you, Deb. What kinds of things should be included in the information provided to neurodivergent learners, or learners with additional learning needs, so that they are fully informed to make decisions about their future after year 11?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Deb, did you want to come in here?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay, thank you, Deb. So, what factors do you think have the most influence on the choices young people make about their options after year 11? Karen.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. Deb, did you want to come in here?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay, welcome back. We move on now to agenda item 3, which is the second evidence session for our inquiry. I'm very pleased to welcome Karen Berell and Deb Austin, who is online. We've just received apologies from Joel James as well. So, Deb and Karen are…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. So, we’ll now take a short break for five minutes. Thank you.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. Thank you so much for your time this morning. We could keep you here the whole day, unfortunately for you. We do still have a number of questions to ask. Is it okay if we write to you with those questions? We really do appreciate it when you do…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. Does any other Member have a question they'd like to ask, because I think we have literally one minute?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Mary, please.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you for your answer, we appreciate it. Carolyn, please.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. We're going to have to move on because we're so short on time. I have a question. If you could be as concise as possible with your answers, because I know that Carolyn's got questions that she's desperate to ask as well. How well do you think that…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Very quickly. We're so short on time.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Anybody else very quickly?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I'm really sorry, as I'm so conscious of time, could I bring Cefin in with his questions now while we're on this subject, because it's so interesting? I know you have the questions around Welsh-medium education.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. We'll now move on to some questions from Natasha, please.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. Carolyn, please.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Okay, thank you.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. And my final question: what would your ideal model of the careers advice for pupils in schools and colleges look like, and do you think there's an age that careers advice should start? I'll open that to everyone again. Yes, Mary.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Did anybody else want to—?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. Statistics provided to us from Parentkind show that 39 per cent of parents in Wales with a young person in secondary or post-16 education agree that their child's school or college helps them to explore a broad range of career possibilities. This…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. My next question is for NASUWT. In your written submission, you state that the quality and nature of information provided to learners is varied. Why do you think this is, and what is the impact of this on learners when making decisions about their…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
We'll now move on to agenda item 2, which is the first evidence session for our inquiry. I'm very pleased to welcome, online, Siôn Amlyn, policy and casework official, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers; Ioan Rhys Jones, general…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Welcome to today’s meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and a Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. The meeting is bilingual and simultaneous…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog Rhif 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o weddill y cyfarfod hwn a'r cyfarfod cyfan ar 22 Ionawr
Moving on to item 4, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix), that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of today's meeting and for the whole meeting on 22 January. Are Members content? Yes. We will now proceed in private.
