Overview and Scrutiny

Schools and Learning Committee

The role of the Schools and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee is to review and scrutinise services delivered to improve outcomes for children, young people and adult learners and to support the raising of educational standards and outcomes.

The remit and scope of the Committee is as follows:

• Educational outcomes at all stages, particularly at Key Stage 4
• School performance, including support provided to schools
• School categorisation
• School support through regional working (i.e. ERW)
• Individual Schools (via a Schools Scrutiny Panel)
• Inclusion Services
• Youth Support and other community based services (including Adult Learning)
• Post-16 learning, skills and training
• Memorandum of Understanding with Pembrokeshire College
• Music Service
• Sports Development
• Children’s voice and participation
• Financial arrangements relation to schools and learning
• Safeguarding in Education

The Committee has 13 members and four statutory co-optees and will meet at least five times per year. Details of Committee members and future meetings, along with the Committee Work Programme can be found via the links below.

Schools and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

23 November 2023

One-off Committee Items

• Item: Trauma Informed Schools Outcomes
• Purpose: To scrutinise the effectiveness of the roll out of the Trauma Informed Schools Programme, in both Primary and Secondary schools.

• Item: School Attendance Data
• Purpose: To monitor the approach to raising school attendance, following the update provided to the Committee in April 2023.

Standing / Re-occurring Items

• Item: Manorbier Primary School
• Purpose: To receive a verbal update in respect of Manorbier Primary School and the progress being made following the fire

• Item: Schools Scrutiny Panel
• Purpose: To consider the outcomes of school visits undertaken by the panel

• Item: Section 175 Safeguarding Action Plan
• Purpose: To have oversight of the Director of Schools and Learning’s statutory duties in relation to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in schools

• Item: School Staff Absence and Supply Teacher Arrangements
• Purpose: To annually scrutinise:
• (1)  The barriers to performance including staff absence data and staff retention figures
• (2)  The current supply arrangements

1 February 2024

One-off Committee Items

 N/A

Standing / Re-occurring Items

 

• Item: Manorbier Primary School
• Purpose: To receive a verbal update in respect of Manorbier Primary School and the progress being made following the fire

• Item: Schools Scrutiny Panel
• Purpose: To consider the outcomes of school visits undertaken by the panel

• Item: Estyn School Inspection Reports
• Purpose: To review recent Estyn School Inspection Reports which took place since the last report was provided to Committee in February 2023 

• Item: Outline Draft County Council Budget 2024-25 and Outline Draft Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) 2024-25 to 2027-28
• Purpose: To scrutinise proposals for the Council’s budget and Council Tax levels for 2023-24

• Item: Whistleblowing in Schools Annual Report
• Purpose: To receive an annual update on whistleblowing in schools