Thank you. I come from a family of teachers—my mum, my dad, my sister—I was the only one who didn't become a schoolteacher, but I was an university teacher instead, so these things are very close to my heart. I wanted to just identify a few recommendations that chimed with me from the discussions we had in committee and from the experiences that I've had myself.

Recommendation 1, with regard to undertaking

'work as a matter of urgency to ensure that the whole workforce is prepared',

I think is linked to recommendation 4, which is to

'consider promoting greater use of peer to peer learning, and to encourage more development and training within the classroom'.

I think those two things go very well together, and I think if you're going to achieve preparation, it's got to be classroom based. I feel myself if learning takes place, it takes place through experience, and sitting in a big lecture room being delivered, 'This is how you do it', is less useful than actually doing it.

Recommendation 2 urges the Cabinet Secretary to

'ensure that learning from pioneer schools is shared more widely across the education profession as a whole, to help ensure that the education workforce is fully aware of developments and prepared for the reforms on the way.'

There's an 'accept in principle' there. One thing I'd say: I've had dialogue with the headteachers in the Caerphilly borough. They meet regularly, and I met with them to talk about those who were pioneer schools and those who weren't, and I was a little concerned that the sharing of knowledge at the stage I spoke to them last year—I admit this was a year ago—they weren't at that point at which they were sharing knowledge as widely and as quickly as I would like to see. I know that the Cabinet Secretary has given assurances to committee since then that that has improved and things are changing, and I think it's something where the regional consortia are essential in ensuring that these things are happening effectively, linked again to recommendation 4 on peer-to-peer learning.

I'd like to talk about recommendation 18, which says that

'the Cabinet Secretary should consider further the complexity and accessibility of the standards to ensure that all those across the profession have access to the standards in format that is best for them, and in a way that makes the use of the standards simple to incorporate'.

Again, that was accepted—I think it was accepted in principle. If I just get to the right page—