Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:36 pm on 4 October 2017.
I thank David for raising this because I think the success of the school is integrally linked to the involvement of parents. Would she acknowledge, however, that there are some schools with more significant challenges in that engagement with parents and of parents with their children as well generally? Perhaps she could comment on what measures she can take within the Welsh Government to overcome those hurdles? She’s visited some schools in my constituency—and I welcome that—which are seeing these challenges.
Would she also like to comment on the importance of Flying Start programmes in starting this early engagement with parents, being involved in the lives of their children as well? It was a delight last week to be at the opening of two new Flying Start centres in my own constituency in Lewistown and also in Garth. It’s the twelfth within Bridgend. They’re having a major impact in having that role of involving the parent in the lives of their children and ultimately in the life of the school as well and of their future education.