Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:41 pm on 10 May 2017.
Thank you for that answer. I note that Estyn doesn’t look at school drop-out rates or the opinions of parents, missing potential indicators of a problem at the school. If a parent removes a child because of a problem with the school, it could be over concerns about poor teaching or something that they’d already tried to resolve with the school. It could, of course, also be because they’ve simply moved house. Therefore, parents who take the step of removing their child through specific issues should really be asked why and the reason they’re moving the child on so that problems can be flagged up. So, don’t you think that Estyn should include that in their report?