Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Thursday, 23 June 2022
Meeting time: 09.15 - 13.21
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13091
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Category |
Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
Jayne Bryant MS (Chair) James Evans MS Laura Anne Jones MS Ken Skates MS Sioned Williams MS |
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Witnesses: |
Mary van den Heuvel, National Education Union (NEU) Hannah O'Neill, National Education Union (NEU) Cymru Mark Campion, Estyn Catherine Evans, Estyn Professor Ann John, Swansea University Menai Jones, NASUWT Llinos Jones, Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC) Liz Miles, Estyn |
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Committee Staff: |
Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Tom Lewis-White (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Sian Hughes (Researcher) Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.
1.2 Apologies had been received from Buffy
Williams MS, there was no substitute.
2 Pupil absence - evidence session 4
2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the
teaching unions.
3 Pupil absence - evidence session 5
3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Estyn.
3.2 Estyn agreed to provide the Committee with
examples of good practice in schools of the support given to
different groups of learners who have been affected by general and
persistent absence.
4 Pupil absence - evidence session 6
4.1 The Committee heard evidence from
Professor Ann John.
5 Papers to note
5.1 The papers were noted.
6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
6.1 The motion was agreed.
7 Pupil absence - consideration of the evidence
7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it
has heard in the previous sessions.
8 Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners - consideration of the draft report
8.1 The Committee considered the draft report and agreed that it would be considered further at next week’s meeting.