10. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on what the Welsh Government is doing to improve education in Pembrokeshire? OAQ(5)0099(EDU)

We have set out our national mission to improve education attainment through a programme of education reforms across Wales, including Pembrokeshire. These include the development of a new curriculum and assessment reform, improved initial teacher education, teachers’ professional learning, building leadership capacity and reducing the attainment gap.

I’m grateful to the Minister for that response. I’m also very grateful that Ysgol Bro Cleddau in my constituency was named recently as the Assembly’s first ambassador school in Wales, and the success of the programme has led the school to understand more about the work of the Assembly and has given the pupils a platform to discuss current affairs.

Now, in light of this success, what can the Welsh Government do to encourage schemes such as this and to encourage as many primary schools as possible to participate, which, in turn will improve pupil education so that future generations can learn more about the Assembly and the impact that decisions taken here have on their daily lives?

I believe that each one of us welcomes the news that Paul has shared with us. Having said that, the Assembly itself, of course, runs exceptionally good schemes, and I have seen the success of the Assembly Commission’s schemes in schools in Blaenau Gwent in my own constituency. They’ve had opportunities to visit the Senedd and also to come and learn more about the Senedd and the Assembly and how that impacts their lives. And I believe that those programmes have been extremely successful and I know that the Government would wish to support the Commission in the work that it’s doing at the moment.