Mark Drakeford: Based on the latest available information, all schools in Islwyn meet the current bandwidth targets of 10 Mbps to primary schools and 100 Mbps to secondary schools, set under the Learning in Digital Wales grant programme.
Kirsty Williams: Local authorities, within their consortia, are responsible for providing support to school governors to enable them to undertake their role effectively, and should continually review this to ensure it meets governors’ needs. We fund a range of additional support centrally including an independent advice line, run by Governors Wales.
Mark Drakeford: The current curriculum requires financial education for all learners. Estyn is reviewing provision in schools and will publish recommendations in the spring on how financial education can improve. In Financial Capability Week, I should highlight our partnership with the Money Advice Service, which supports money management teaching in schools.
Neil McEvoy: ...Minister for finance, who supported the ‘chwarae teg for English medium’ campaign in my council ward in Fairwater in 2010, 2011 and 2012. The whole thrust of the campaign was that Welsh-medium schools get everything, and that’s shameful. I ask you to make sure nothing like that happens again, because it’s wrong. What I’m really proud of now is that in Cardiff and Wales a lot of...
Bethan Sayed: ...again—because, obviously, a lot of their job is to do with being active—then they can feel that they are not lost to society and that they have something to give back. So, they do go into schools as well and they tell people about the realities of war. Of course, if you ever met Pete, you could see his passion for what he does. He goes into schools and says, ‘I’m not doing this to...
Mark Drakeford: Job creation, closing the education attainment gap and improving skill levels are our key priorities and represent the most effective levers at our disposal to tackle poverty in Wales.
Suzy Davies: ...The Welsh Language Commissioner’s report, which we were talking about earlier today, states that at least 10 per cent of all Welsh speakers over the age of 30 learned the language outside formal education or the home. So, I’m wondering how organisations such as the Federation of Small Businesses and chambers of trade can use their business links to help you reach your target of 1...
Kirsty Williams: Discussions are already well under way with local authorities and regional consortia to ensure that the right package of support is in place for these schools when the programme comes to an end.
Alun Davies: ...to transforming the expectations, experiences and outcomes for all learners, including those with additional learning needs. The forthcoming introduction of the additional learning needs and education tribunal (Wales) Bill will be a key milestone in the transformation journey that is already under way.
Carwyn Jones: ...and debate issues so that the Welsh Government is able, ultimately, to reflect a broad spread of opinion across the country. The council for economic renewal, the Valleys taskforce, the higher education Brexit working group and round tables for stakeholders on environmental and agriculture issues are all examples of how Government is stimulating debate and contributions on EU exit issues....
Darren Millar: ...for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and then, in 2014, extending those duties to promote knowledge and understanding of the UNCRC. We’ve supported the development of school councils to give children and young people a greater say in how their schools are run, and we’ve encouraged young people to use the Assembly’s petitions process to raise concerns and to...
Mark Drakeford: ...subject of local government, very well set out the wide agenda of vitally important services that local government provides and the important part it plays in the lives of every citizen in Wales: educating our children, looking after the elderly, disposing of our waste, lighting our streets and much, much more. As far as the second leg of the motion is concerned, of course, we share the...
Mark Drakeford: .... As a result of their advice, it has been updated to take account of the latest population estimates, it has been updated to take account of the latest information in relation to pupils attending schools, and it has begun to take account of the latest advice in relation to social services expenditure. There was a major reform of the way in which social services expenditure was to be...
Mark Drakeford: .... The protection of 1 per cent, which was a feature of the last Assembly term, has not been possible to provide again in this Assembly term, but there are very significant investments in the education field. There is £20 million for general education improvement as part of the £100 million commitment that we made as a Government, and those budgets that are there as part of the pupil...
Mark Drakeford: ...to transforming the expectations, experiences and outcomes for all learners, including those with additional learning needs. The forthcoming introduction of the additional learning needs and education tribunal (Wales) Bill will be a key milestone in the transformation journey that is already under way.
David Lloyd: ...also need diagnosis. There is new legislation that has been brought forward, but the system is extremely complex. It’s not just a matter for social services and care services, it’s an issue of education, it’s an issue in the health service, and it’s an issue for the voluntary sector, too. It does need huge co-ordination, and that co-ordination doesn’t happen most of the time....
Llyr Gruffydd: ...endless austerity from a generation of politicians, let’s be honest, who faced none of those in their day. We all know that investment in early years is crucial for positive outcomes in terms of education and health, and in particular in preventing some of the problems that can arise later on in life. Developments in neuroscience are also showing that the teenage years can be just as...
Mark Drakeford: Education remains a central priority for this Government.
Mr Simon Thomas: ...of key questions as well around the few facts and figures that are in this programme for government and what they actually mean. There’s a commitment to an investment of £100 million to drive up school standards, but it’s not clear whether this is an extra £100 million, or includes the already increasing pupil deprivation grant, and whether the cost of reducing infant class sizes,...
Mark Drakeford: ...summer was a two-footprint model. One based around city regions, covering strategic transport, land-use planning and economic development, and another aligned to health boards for services such as education improvement, social services and public protection. At this point, Dirprwy Lywydd, I have an open mind on the specifics of geography and function, but I am clear that these...
