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Decided: Members agreed to note the reports for Quarter 4 2025-26 and Quarter 1 2026-27.
Decided: The Committee approved its work programme for the 2026/27 municipal year.
Decided: The Committee agreed that the draft gives an accurate picture of the Council's performance and services. It noted that Full Council will consider and approve the report, and that it will then be published as the law requires.
RESOLVED to approve the minutes of the Joint Consultative Committee held on 17th March 2026 as an accurate record of the meeting
RESOLVED to approve the minutes of the 29th January 2026 as an accurate reflection of the meeting. A Member asked for an update, in respect of the item on Post 16 Curriculum Offer and an agreed action from the minutes was that Officers were to explore opportunities for learners to return to school as role models and ambassadors for younger pupils and asked if any progress had been made. The Director of Education and Inclusion noted that, given it was the start of the academic year, and post-16 learners who had recently left school would be the most appropriate group to re-engage as role models, so she was not currently in a position to provide further feedback. The Member also asked for an update in respect of the item on Elective Home Education in Rhondda Cynon Taf and an agreed action from the minutes for Members to be invited to participate in the EHE review process. The Head of Inclusion Services noted that the Council’s element of the review had been completed and that Members would be invited to participate when work commenced on the wider public-facing stage of the review.
Decided: The Committee scrutinised and commented on the report. Officers offered to provide more incident data by school sector and by individual pupil, and agreed that sickness absence data could be examined for any link with behaviour.
Decided: The Committee scrutinised and commented on the report. It resolved to recommend to the Cabinet Member for Education and Young People that governors receive training on the service's role, and that the use of Educational Psychology reports in panel processes be considered so schools are not unfairly disadvantaged. It also resolved to make representation to Welsh Government about the capacity and availability of Educational Psychology training places in Wales.
RESOLVED: that pursuant to Section 100A(4) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded for the following items of business which involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 12, 13 and 14 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the above Act.
RESOLVED: That the report be noted.