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Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education — Postponed from 8 November – in the Senedd at 1:36 pm on 15 November 2017.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 1:36, 15 November 2017

Thank you, Vikki. The response that we've had from schools and local authorities involved in the £2.7 million cluster has been extremely positive. Arrangements are in place to closely monitor and evaluate this initiative, including the commissioning of a formal research project, independent of the Government, so that we can ascertain the impact that this pilot has. What's important is that we look at the impact on children especially, and standards in our schools, as well as the employment terms for individual teachers. What will also be really important from that pilot is to give us the evidence of whether this is a viable option to put out right the way across the system, not just for newly qualified teachers in the pilot areas.