On 31 January the Welsh Government launched their long-expected Consultation on Children Missing Education Database. This seeks views on the “children missing education database proposal and regulations for local authorities and local health boards.” The closing date is 25 April. The documents available on the consultation home page are as… Read More »Consultation on Children Missing Education Database
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Attendance Guidance Agenda item 6 at the Senedd Plenary session on 24 October took the form of a parliamentary statement from Jeremy Miles, timed to coincide with the publication of new attendance guidance entitled ‘Belonging, Engaging and Participating.’ Miles’ opening… Read More »Senedd Plenary – 24 October 2023
When the Senedd’s Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee met on Monday 12 June, correspondence they had received from home educators about the Welsh Government’s Guidance on Elective Home Education featured as a separate item to note on their agenda. Chair Huw Irranca-Davies introduced agenda item 5 during the public session,… Read More »Two Senedd committees inundated with correspondence from home educators – June 2023
This post contains a report on the debate around the Minister’s statement on 6 June, followed by a comment on the implications of the Welsh Government’s policies in regard to home education. Jeremy Miles Minister for Education and Welsh Language made a statement about the recently published Welsh Government’s guidance… Read More »Senedd Plenary – 6 June 2023
On Friday 12 May, after many delays, the Welsh Government published its new statutory guidance for local authorities. This was almost exactly a year after Education Minister, Jeremy Miles MS, had informed Senedd that his Department was “seeking further evidence in support of the proposals…” He added: The unforeseen delay… Read More »New Guidance Published – Warts and All
Families First in Education Wales wrote to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee [LJCC] on 21 February. This was to request that three enclosed documents be placed on file so that Committee members might have access to them when they came to consider the new statutory guidance for EHE and… Read More »Letter to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Agenda item 5 of a Senedd Plenary session held on 8 February was a Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s Report – ‘Pupil Absence.’ This Report was tabled on 14 November 2022, and we have commented on it previously. CYPEC Chair Jane Bryant opened the debate by… Read More »Senedd Plenary – 8 February 2023
Last year the Children Young People & Education Committee [CYPEC] held a short inquiry on pupil absence from schools. One of the Terms of Reference asked whether absenteeism had resulted in a higher level of pupil de-registration and any cross-over with elective home education. The Inquiry’s findings were written up… Read More »Welsh Government response to CYPEC report on Pupil Absence
On 30 November, the Welsh Government released its formal response to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales’ Annual Report 2021-22, which had been published on 11 October. In her Cabinet Statement, Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt, MS, noted that this report reflected the final year of Prof Sally Holland’s> term… Read More »Welsh Government response to the Children´s Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2022
The Children, Young People and Education Committee (CYPEC) was established by the Senedd to “look at policy and legislation, and to hold the Welsh Government to account in specific areas including children and young people; education; and health, care services, and social care as they relate to children and young… Read More »CYPEC Report on Pupil Absence
