Promoting Emotional Well-being in Schools

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:17 pm on 19 September 2018.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 2:17, 19 September 2018

I thank Jayne for her welcome for the establishment of the task and finish group. Work has already begun. A multi-agency and multiprofession workshop took place on 7 September to explore what a whole-school approach could involve, and to highlight where in current support there are gaps at present. The findings from the workshop will further inform the work of the task and finish group, and I would expect the task and finish group to want to take advice and evidence from a wide range of stakeholders who will have something to say on this important agenda.

'Our national mission' places the well-being of the child at the heart of our education system, and central to this will be new and inclusive school accountability arrangements that are being put in place that acknowledge not only the academic achievements of the school, but also the importance of the learner's health and well-being.