3. Statement by the Minister for Education: PISA results 2018

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:34 pm on 3 December 2019.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 3:34, 3 December 2019

Can I, Presiding Officer, thank Mark Reckless for his acknowledgement of the efforts of staff and students in achieving these results today? If I could start with that last point first, I don't know which schools did PISA. Some people find that extraordinary, but that actually is part of the rules of engagement. I can't tell you which schools did and which schools didn't do PISA. So, we don't facilitate an ongoing working relationship with individual schools and the OECD. The OECD works at a system-to-system level, and so I have only, in the last couple of days, received the report from the OECD—again, that's part of the rules of engagement.