<p>Pupil Engagement with the Education System </p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:54 pm on 11 January 2017.

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Photo of Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 2:54, 11 January 2017

Thank you. One thousand and five pupils are now registered at pupil referral units in Wales, and the number of pupils increase in each age group from about 11 to 15. Over 51 per cent of those registered at a single PRU and over 40 per cent dually registered are around 15. Now, I know from my own experiences in my constituency, where I’m dealing with cases, that, sometimes, pupil referral units seem exclusive—they don’t appear to be inclusive, and children feel quite disenfranchised from the education system. How are you working with education authorities in terms of resource so that we can actually have in Wales a more inclusive education system that recognises the strengths, the weaknesses and the ambitions of all our children in today’s society and allows them to feel part of our mainstream education system, and allows them to be educated along with their friends and their peers?