<p>Attainment Levels in Schools</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:35 pm on 4 October 2017.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 1:35, 4 October 2017

I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that. Schools are required to include in their development plans details of how the governing body would seek to meet school improvement targets for the year by working with families of pupils at the school. In a survey by PTA Cymru, it was found that only 66 per cent of parents said that their child’s school was good at communicating with them, compared to 76 per cent in Northern Ireland and 73 per cent in England. So, both those jurisdictions are ahead of us. I’m particularly concerned about how schools contact foster carers, who obviously stand in for the parental role. I think that this is very important and ought to be given a high priority in schools to ensure that they’re doing this essential liaison effectively.