Improving Educational Outcomes in Disadvantaged Communities

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 2:09 pm on 6 February 2019.

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Photo of Caroline Jones Caroline Jones UKIP 2:09, 6 February 2019

Minister, I was recently invited to visit the new school in the shadow of the Port Talbot steelworks, one of the most disadvantaged communities in Wales. Whilst the new building will help combat the disadvantages of crumbling facilities, it's the curriculum and how it's delivered that will help young people escape disadvantage. The steelworks are one of the region's biggest employers, and they have asked for involvement in the curriculum in order to ensure that young people have the skills needed by industry. Minister, are you involving industry in developing the new curriculum?