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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
We have facilitated this through funding resources such as Welsh language spell-checkers and grammar checkers. On top of this, we are funding the Association of Welsh Translators to develop the translation sector, and the National Centre for Learning Welsh to…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
In relation to the proposals to which the Member refers, the point I made is they haven’t yet been published, so she should, I think, take note of that. In relation to engagement with members of the elective home education community, there has been a very…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
We intend to publish statutory guidance very shortly that will enhance learning opportunities for home-educated children, encourage greater access to universal services and ensure that all children have access to a suitable and efficient education.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I thank Janet Finch-Saunders for her question, and for asking her question in Welsh. Congratulations to her on doing so, too. Decisions in terms of access and entry are issues for the Eisteddfod, of course. It’s a matter for them to provide affordable…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
The National Eisteddfod is a vital partner to us and, this year, we are providing a grant of £1 million to support a wide range of activities to increase the use of the Welsh language in the community. It's more than a week-long festival; it's the culmination…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I thank Altaf Hussain for that question. The careers and work-related experiences element of our new Curriculum for Wales, from three to 16, puts the world of work very much at the heart of school life and, obviously, that will be best delivered by schools…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I thank Jack Sargeant for the further question and his passionate advocacy for the cause of apprentices, based obviously on his own expertise and experience of that. I think the point he makes is really important. I actually had a conversation this morning…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Our Have a Go programme encourages greater engagement from schoolchildren in apprenticeships and raises learner awareness of work sectors, including manufacturing. The integral skills taught under the Curriculum for Wales are designed to give learners the…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I thank Mark Isherwood for this important question. I also received correspondence from George Baldwin of the National Deaf Children's Society back in February, to which I responded at the time, and I've also read the report that was helpfully sent to me at…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
We continue to support deaf pupils. Equity and inclusion are at the heart of both the additional learning needs system and the Curriculum for Wales, which aim to help ensure all children and young people have access to an education that enables them to reach…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I thank John Griffiths for that question. And I absolutely would recognise the points that he made in his question about the importance of modern facilities to give every young learner in Newport the opportunity of having the best possible post-16 experience…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I'm proud of this Government’s investment in Wales's further education sector, which has allowed more learners to stay in post-16 education. I announced on 17 April that Wales is the first UK nation to increase the education maintenance allowance, benefiting…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Well, he's right to identify the connection between healthcare and education in relation to the additional learning needs regime, if you like. That cooperation between both public services is obviously at the heart of that. And as I just mentioned to Siân…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I thank Siân Gwenllian for that question. What the Deputy Minister has announced is a three-year plan, with £12 million of investment. The intention there is to tackle the current pressures on the services, as she’s described them in her question, but also to…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
The individual needs of pupils in Arfon will have a central role as we take through our reforms in education. We'll secure that through person-centred planning and support for individual progression. A medical diagnosis is not required to access support in…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Well, we don't do that, and we're very careful to ensure that our investment does reflect the principles that the Member explained in her question. So, in looking at the plans of all local authorities, we have to ensure that the plans, not only within the…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I thank the Member for the welcome that she gave to this programme. Two of the three schools are Welsh-medium schools, and in the third—which I think is in the Member's constituency—the council has committed to make an assessment of capacity to ensure that…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Llywydd, this is completely Kafkaesque from a party that does not believe in funding public services, and the only party in the Senedd that pledged at an election to cut education spending by 12 per cent. So, I'll take absolutely no lectures from Samuel Kurtz…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Well, the letter was—I think I read it in Wales Online on 31 March, actually, from the governor of a school in the Vale. And as it happens, we had already written to each authority, explaining the further funding we're providing to each authority in order to…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I thank the Member for that question. Obviously, we want to make sure that local authorities are planning for the number of school places that they require in their local authority areas, and that the school estate available in that area is adequate and in…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Well, I know that schools right across Wales and education settings right across Wales are doing absolutely everything they can to make sure that young people are in school, in college, being able to take full advantage of their education. There are some very…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Well, I thank the Member for the question. I'm content to look into the specific matter that he's raised with me today. In terms of the 'More than just words' programme that he referred to, the five-year programme, one of the objectives for 2027 is to ensure…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
We are delivering a neurodivergence improvement programme, which is backed by £12 million. We are taking a whole-system approach to developing sustainable services that meet identified needs, including improved access to Welsh language assessment. We want to…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Yes. Haverfordwest high school is one of the investments in the county that, of course, we've been able to co-fund with the council—a £48 million investment. As well as the fantastic facilities, it has community facilities as well, including sporting…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Schools in Pembrokeshire will continue to benefit from significant capital investment through the Welsh Government's sustainable communities for learning programme. The local authority will also continue the roll-out of universal primary free school meals…
