, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
James.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Go for it.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, Ken. Questions now from James Evans.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, Buffy. We've got some more questions now from Ken Skates.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, Ken. Questions now from Buffy Williams.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, Rocio. We'll now move on to some questions from Ken Skates.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, because I was going to ask about the importance of children's rights, which you touched on very much in your opening remarks. So, you feel that children's rights would shape your priorities in your term.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you very much, Rocio. We'll move straight into some questions. In your opinion, what has been the biggest impact of the role of the Children's Commissioner for Wales since it was created in 2001? And then how will you build on the impact to date?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
We'll now move on to item 6, which is the pre-appointment hearing for the appointment of the Children's Commissioner for Wales. For this item, we have received apologies from Laura Anne Jones and Siân Gwenllian, who were both part of the cross-party…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Paper to note
Bore da. Welcome back to the meeting of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee. We'll move on to item 5, which is a paper to note. Full details of the paper are set out on the agenda and in the meeting papers. Are Members content to note the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for items 4, 7, 8 and 9
We'll now move on to our next item on our agenda. So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for items 4, 7, 8 and 9. Are Members content? I see all Members are content, so we will now proceed in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Diolch, Claire. Thank you for that.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
I'm sure we'll do that. Brilliant. Any further questions from any Members? No. Okay. So, that's the end of this evidence session. Thank you so much for joining us today—really appreciate the answers that you've given. Thank you for the work that you've been…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Thank you, James, for your suggestion.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
James.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Claire.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Thanks, James. Who's going to take that one?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Bring it in now.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Okay. James. James Evans.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Thank you. Another one of your thematic reviews was about the adequacy of the way Welsh and black and minority ethnic history is taught in schools across Wales. Perhaps you could outline some of the main points from that.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
I think there's such a big issue around online that it will take, obviously, a lot more than just schools to deal with and tackle it.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
I think part of the report—. You've done a clear chart, really, of what young people have got a strong view about and what should be done, what could be done. One of the things that I was just thinking about—. You've got, I think, nine recommendations in the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Thank you, Claire. Thank you, Jassa, as well. I was just interested if you'd picked up any points—obviously, you looked at secondary schools in Wales—and whether you got a feeling of issues from primary schools or issues that were formed at primary schools…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Thank you, Jassa. Claire.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Thank you. It's really interesting to see the work of some of the schools in the report, and that you outlined some of the good practice in schools. How much work is done to share that good practice at the moment? And is that something that could be done…
