<p>Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:43 pm on 10 May 2017.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 1:43, 10 May 2017

Let me be absolutely clear: if a school finds itself in an amber or red category, that is not an indication that the school is failing. The categorisation system has been introduced to identify levels of support that that school needs to improve, and whilst I am working towards a situation where no school in Wales is amber or red, the Member should acknowledge that the number of schools that find themselves in the green or yellow categories is going up. I commend the teachers and the headteachers of those schools, who are driving standards forward.

The Member should be very clear in her role as an education spokesperson for her party what the value and the purpose of the categorisation is, and you grossly mischaracterised it in your question today.