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Debate: Stage 4 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill
I'd firstly like to place on Record my gratitude as well to the clerks and legal staff throughout the passage of this Bill, and I extend that thanks to our Chair of the CYPE committee, Jayne Bryant, the CYPE committee, and all that have played a part in…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Evaluating and Improving Education and Learning in Wales
I just also want to place on record our thanks to all school staff for their continued resilience and hard work, and learners too. Minister, I want to thank you for your statement today, parts of which we welcome. These have been and are incredibly tough…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 6
Thank you. Thanks, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 6
Yes. Thank you for that. That's really interesting, and you can see that, what you said. I'm thinking back to my school days and that does parallel very well. With the link to deprivation, you said there are links in answer to questions by Ken Skates earlier…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 6
Okay. Thank you. Were there any differences between males and females?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 6
Okay. Thank you, Ann. You've explained some of the types of disorders that people present with, but does the data show that there are different levels of absenteeism between those disorders?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 6
Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon, Ann. Is it good afternoon, or morning? I don't even know what time it is anymore. Sorry. I'm just wondering, you said your findings are, obviously, underestimated, and we all understand that, especially, obviously, because…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 5
Thank you for those comments and answers. That's fine. Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 5
Yes, you're right: being able to track where those learners are is very important. Those U-grade students, where are they now? Are they at home being educated, are they getting the support they actually need? Do you think the support given to home learning is…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 5
Thank you. Chair, you're completely right, I think that would be really valuable, because the support and how schools have reacted across Wales has been completely different, and I don't think that's a good thing, so it would be valuable. The impact on…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 4
As we've talked about, prevention is also a big part of this—preventing them leaving in the first place before absence gets too bad. You've touched on welfare officers, but obviously the problem is, as Menai just said, that it's so different between…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 4
That follows on nicely to what I was going to ask. Hannah's already touched on it, as have you, Menai—whether you believe that home-educating families receive enough support from local authorities, and whether we're doing enough to help those who want to go…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 4
Okay. Thank you. Anyone else?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 4
I just want to say that holidays is something that really needs to be looked at by the Government. I know it's something they can't completely control, but I think there needs to be a big part played there because the difference in cost between term time and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 4
Thank you, Chair. Sorry, I've got so much noise going on in the background. Can you hear me okay?
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you, Minister. It's following on from a question that you had earier from Rhun, actually, about preparations for the exams this summer, considering that there were very concerning multiple reports that set texts had been missing off A-level English…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
8. Will the Minister provide an update on the preparation for summer GCSE examinations? OQ58218
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. Llywydd, I'd just like to declare an interest on this issue. My question to you, Minister, is that I have constituents in buildings that are waiting for their properties to be made safe, as you've just outlined. At the moment, they're waiting for…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
1. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to support people that have been affected by cladding issues? OQ58217
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Group 19: Sixth forms (Amendments 161, 162, 76, 163, 164, 165)
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Group 19: Sixth forms (Amendments 161, 162, 76, 163, 164, 165)
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Group 19: Sixth forms (Amendments 161, 162, 76, 163, 164, 165)
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Group 19: Sixth forms (Amendments 161, 162, 76, 163, 164, 165)
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Group 19: Sixth forms (Amendments 161, 162, 76, 163, 164, 165)
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Group 19: Sixth forms (Amendments 161, 162, 76, 163, 164, 165)
Okay. Diolch, Llywydd. I concur with all that my colleague Darren Millar said earlier and his concerns for faith schools and all sixth forms, and I still don't believe that the safeguards in the Bill go far enough. Excessive provision should be the only part…
