Corporate Strategy 2025-30

Our Future

Enabling the best start in life for our children and young people, equipping them with skills for the future

 

Why is this important?

Pembrokeshire’s future belongs to, and relies on, our children and young people.  We want to create the conditions which support and enable this cohort to grow, learn and to maximise their potential, as well as developing the skills which will be critical to the future sustainability of Pembrokeshire.

 

What will we do to achieve this?

• Develop a single pathway to coordinate a whole systems approach working across the maternity and early years 0 to 7 services
• Strengthen approaches to early intervention and prevention
• Lead and support the delivery of the Public Services Board’s Poverty Strategy
• Embed the Early Years Strategy into working practices with partner agencies to improve outcomes for children and families
• Re-design the front-of-house process in Child Care Assessment Team
• Improve the recruitment and retention of foster carers
• Continue to create high expectations in improving standards for all pupils, including a strong focus on the most disadvantaged
• Complete our agreed Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme and develop the case for the rationalisation of schools
• Continue our successful strategies to improve school leadership
• Improve the use of data and school information to monitor and evaluate schools
• Continue to develop processes which strengthen approaches to Additional Learning Needs and Elective Home Education
• Implement actions to improve whole-school approaches to mental health and well-being
• Support young people’s life chances through gaining the critical vocational skills and qualifications which enable them to progress into work and further learning, and which likely fit Pembrokeshire future economic opportunities

 

How will we know?

Quantitative data from our Corporate scorecard relating to

• Looked After Children
• Referrals to CCAT
• Children on the Child Protection Register
• Foster carers
• Pupil attainment levels
• School attendance (primary and secondary)
• Exclusions

Qualitative sources

• Flying Start programme outcomes
• Poverty Strategy outcomes
• Sustainable Communities for Learning programme outcomes
• Collaboration with Pembrokeshire College
• Regional Learning and Skills Partnerships outcomes

 

Contribution to the national well-being goals

• A prosperous Wales
• A healthier Wales
• A more equal Wales
• A Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language
• A globally responsible Wales