Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 3:00 pm on 6 July 2016.
I also want to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary on her new role. My first question to her is—. According to a Welsh Liberal Democrats press release, over 7,500 pupils in Wales were educated in classes of more than 30 pupils last year. In it, you also quoted—your quote—
‘our top education priority is cutting class sizes’.
However, an adviser to the Welsh Government, Professor David Reynolds, has said,
‘If you look at the academic evidence you don’t get much out of reducing class size’.
Will the Cabinet Secretary advise whether cutting class sizes in Islwyn and other parts of Wales is still her top priority in education in Wales?