Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language

QNR – in the Senedd on 23 November 2022.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative

(Translated) How is the Welsh Government supporting additional learning needs pupils?

Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour

We are committed to creating an inclusive education system. Our additional learning needs reforms put learners at the heart of the process to identify and meet their needs and will help ensure that all pupils requiring additional support to meet an ALN have that support properly planned for and protected.

Photo of Tom Giffard Tom Giffard Conservative

(Translated) Will the Minister provide an update on school absence rates?

Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour

Attendance rates continue to improve with average attendance currently at 91.2 per cent, but challenges remain. My priority is to ensure that all children and young people have the opportunity to reach their potential, regardless of their background. Maintaining good attendance and engagement with children and their families is key to this.

Photo of Gareth Davies Gareth Davies Conservative

(Translated) Will the Minister provide an update on the impact of home-schooling reforms on people in Denbighshire?

Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour

We expect that the new statutory guidance for elective home education will be implemented in April 2023 and that, in doing so, it will bring a range of benefits to electively home-educated children and young people in Wales, including those in Denbighshire. 

Photo of Delyth Jewell Delyth Jewell Plaid Cymru

(Translated) What plans does the Welsh Government have in place to train more Welsh-medium teachers in Wales?

Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour

(Translated)

Our Welsh in education workforce plan, which I published earlier this year, sets out a number of actions that we will take with our stakeholders to increase the number of Welsh-medium teachers over the next 10 years.