4. Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Renew and reform: Supporting learners' well-being and progression

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:56 pm on 26 May 2021.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 3:56, 26 May 2021

I thank Vikki Howells for the questions that she has asked. I think it is important to recognise that we need to bring a fresh pair of eyes to the question of the bureaucracy or some of the burdens in terms of administration that we place on the profession and to look at that creatively and see what we can lift in terms of that unnecessary bureaucracy, if you like. There is a managing workload and reducing bureaucracy group, which has been established within the Welsh Government to look at the issues, both as a result of the pandemic but also in the longer term in the way that her question was anticipating. I think it is important that we make sure that we listen to our professionals, and the group itself includes members from teachers' trade unions, local authorities and practitioners, and it is their work that will help inform our ambition in this space.

The other point I just want to make is that I think it's incredibly important for us to look at best practice wherever we can find it, whether it's in other parts of the UK or further afield, and it's certainly one of my ambitions that we continue to do that as we take this work forward.