These reports are intended to provide you with the facts and factual analysis upon which Ministers have taken the following decisions
Within this section the decisions relate to: Adult and community education; Education policy; Further and higher education; Learning and teaching methods; Pre-school learing; Schools; Skills and competencies; Special educational needs and additional support; Workplace training and development.
28/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed the publication of the National Numeracy Programme.
28/09/12
The Ministers for Health & Social Services and Education & Skills have agreed to the further investigation and analysis required to keep pace with activity in England working towards the outputs for initial training and registration of pharmacists. They have agreed that a further programme
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25/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to continue to fund the Higher Level Teaching Assistants Scheme for the 2012/13 academic year at a maximum cost of £240,000 to provide an opportunity for up to 250 Teaching Assistants to achieve HLTA status.
25/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed the reply to the Chair of the Children and Young People’s Committee regarding free school meals.
21/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills approved the proposal.
21/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills approved the proposal.
20/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills approved the proposal.
19/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills agreed that a Task and Finish Group of external stakeholders can be set up to carry out the review of the Key Stage 4 Local Curriculum Offer. In taking forward the review of the impact of increased travel, the Minister for Education and Skills agreed that exter
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18/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills, and the Deputy Minister for Skills have agreed to depart from the current shared apprenticeship operational arrangements in order to provide policy support for Grŵp Llandrillo–Menai Shared Apprenticeship Scheme.
17/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to issuing a second grant offer letter to the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) setting out the funding arrangements that will apply from 1 September 2012 to 31 March 2013 in relation to the activities that the GTCW undertakes on behalf of th
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17/09/12
The Deputy Minister for Skills agreed to invite additional employer representatives to join the Wales Employment and Skills Board (WESB) as co-opted members; and approved a Forward Work Plan for future WESB meetings.
14/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved the contractual changes that Officials have negotiated,and agreed to the additional funding identified to ensure the Countering Underachievement in Boys training programme is available in Welsh.
13/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed a proposal to amend the existing decision-making framework requirement for engaging external consultancy/education delivery support under the Professional Education Services Scheme framework agreement.
13/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to the issue of a Direction to WJEC.
12/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved appointments plan and an agreement that the Literacy Expert Advisory Panel should meet 3 times a year with the first meeting scheduled in January 2013. The Minister has also confirmed that he wants to see the shortlist of candidates and that he has
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10/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to: the publication of the report “GCSE English Language 2012 – an investigation into the outcomes for candidates in Wales” ; implementing the recommendations included at paragraphs 81-85 of that report; and, the publication of a Written Statement re
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10/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills is satisfied that Cardiff Steiner School and Early Years Centre has met all necessary requirements for independent schools and has approved the entry of the school onto the Register of Independent Schools in Wales.
05/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills and the Deputy Minister for Skills have both agreed to decline the request for additional funding from Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil.
03/09/12
The Minister for Education and Skills and the Deputy Minister for Skills agreed that the Education Maintenance Allowance Wales Scheme is not introduced into the Traineeships programme as originally proposed
03/09/12
The First Minister has agreed that some of the internal correspondence captured under a Freedom of Information request should be exempted under sections 36(2)(b)(i), and/or 36(2)(b)(ii) of the Freedom of Information Act.
30/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed not to pursue a separate survey or ‘add-on’ survey in respect of Welsh teachers at this time; and agreed that a response is sent at official level to Department for Education, reiterating the importance of proper consideration for Welsh teachers.
30/08/12
The Minister of Education and Skills has approved the addition of this work to Estyn’s remit work for 2012/13.
30/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills agreed the response to the post-legislative scrutiny process.
29/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed that a review of regional consortia working arrangements will be undertaken with the support of a specialist education delivery contractor.
29/08/12
The Minister has approved the Cabinet paper.
29/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved to the procurement of a contractor to deliver the National Support Programme to improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment of literacy and numeracy in schools. The approval also included the proposed content, key features and scope of
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24/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills, the Deputy Minister for Skills and the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House agreed to provide a unified redundancy response across all sectors using existing resource within the ReAct programme; to use part of the funding previously allocated to Adapt
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24/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills agreed the appointment of members to an Expert Panel for the National Numeracy Programme. The Minister agreed to the Expert Panel meeting 3 times a year with the first meeting scheduled for September 2012.
23/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills agreed the allocation of Financial Contingency Funds to Further and Higher Education Institutions and Welsh for Adults language centres.
22/08/12
The Deputy Minister for Skills has agreed to the publication of a revised draft Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales
22/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed the delegation of functions exercisable by the Welsh Ministers to the Student Loans Company.
22/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills approved the above proposal with a modification to the implementation date so that it will now take place on 26 October 2012.
21/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills and the Minister for Local Government and Communities have agreed the approach proposed by officials. This approach recommended the formation of a Recovery Board to provide both support and challenge to Anglesey Council Officials and the Welsh Government Commis
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21/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved amendments to the governance and management arrangements of the 21st Century Schools Programme Board.
20/08/12
The Deputy Minister for Skills has agreed the response by the Welsh Government to a call for evidence.
16/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed: the revised timescale for introducing regulations for food and drink provided in primary schools; to consult on the content of the draft regulations that are being introduced in respect of the food and drink provided in schools; to commence the prov
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16/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed the written statement
16/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills and the Deputy Minister agreed to setting in place a legal agreement for the Welsh Government to fund HEFCW to support and monitor funding the delivery by ECTARC of its graduate European work placements project from 2012-2014.
15/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved £3.132m capital funding contribution to costs of the UK Joint Academic Network, JANET, for the period 2013-14 to 2017-18.
14/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills agreed to offer the project out to competitive tender up to the total value of £87,000 per annum (subject to a full assurance assessment to be undertaken by Procurement officials)
14/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills agreed to initiate of another round of NPQH with a new cohort of candidates; that up to 100 places will be made available for selected candidates to go forward for assessment; that numbers of schools and current vacancies places be factored in to the allocation
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03/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills agreed the written statement updating Assembly Members on the pilot programme of the revised National Professional Qualification for Headship qualification.
02/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed the allocation of a budget to arrange a seminar on Early-Years Education. The Minister has also agreed the outline proposals for the aim and content of the seminar.
01/08/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to the drafting of new codes.
31/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills and The Deputy Minister for Education and Skills have both agreed the DfES proposals for submission to the Committee for Strategic Investments.
31/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills and Deputy Minister for Education and Skills have agreed the 5 FE investment proposals identified as the priorities of the first wave of the FE capital programme and that further business case submission in support of these priorities are requested from the rel
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31/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to waive clauses 17 and 25 of Schedule 1 of the Agreement between the Welsh Government and HWFCW, removing restrictions on the number of undergraduate scholarships awarded annually for the duration of the Agreement. The Minster also approves the Cole
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27/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed proposals for proceeding with the development and implementation of the Masters in Educational Practice for September 2012 including agree the criteria for recruitment in respect of Newly Qualified Teachers with full-time, part-time and fixed term co
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26/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved the proposal.
26/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved the proposal.
26/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved the publication of a written statement announcing his publication of Professor Sir Steve Smith's report on Higher Education reconfiguration in South East Wales.
26/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved the statement outlining his views in relation to higher education reconfiguration in South East Wales.
25/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to formally commit the Welsh Government to participate in PISA 2015 and that officials inform DfE colleagues that the Welsh Government will co-fund the supplier and participate in PISA 2015.
25/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved the establishment of a group to review Welsh second language at Key Stages 3 and 4 and has agreed terms of reference and membership of the group. He has also approved a Written Statement to announce the establishment of the group. In addition he ha
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20/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to bring forward the start date of the remaining further education colleges joining the Bilingual Champions project, from April 2013 to January 2013 and has agreed the grant allocations for these colleges. The grant will awarded for three full academ
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20/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills and the Deputy Minister for Skills have agreed the high level outline remit for officials to discuss with Careers Wales to inform a future submission on the more detailed final remit for 2013-14.
20/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed that Gwenllian Education Centre be added to the register of independent schools in Wales, thus allowing the school to open and begin admitting pupils.
20/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed the in-house approach taken to developing the portal and the phased approach we are taking in its development. The Minister has also agreed the on-going commitment for resources to support and host the portal in future years (subject to an annual sub
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13/07/12
The Deputy Minister for Skills has agreed that officials begin work on securing Work Based Learning (WBL) delivery for the period from August 2014 to July 2017 by running an open or restricted procurement process for a number of providers; and that tenders are evaluated on the basis of the quality
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10/07/12
The Deputy Minister for Skills has agreed the Written Statement on future delivery of careers services and to send etters to Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa (CCDG) and to UNISON relating to the Statement.
10/07/12
The Deputy Minister for Skills has agreed to make Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa (CCDG) a wholly owned subsidiary company of the Welsh Government with effect from April 2013, subject to negotiations between CCDG and the Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) resulting in no pension liability being cry
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10/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed that that the Welsh Government should not give a commitment to participate in the PISA financial literacy optional assessment in 2015
09/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has approved the Written Statement in response to the report from the Digital Classroom Teaching Task and Finish Group
06/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills and the Deputy Minister for Skills approved the Scheme for the academic year 2012/13; and appointed the Students Loans Company to administer the Scheme on behalf of the Welsh Ministers.
06/07/12
The Minister for Education & Skills and Deputy Minister for Skills have agreed: programme allocations of £128.222m for 2012/13 to previously agreed priorities; provider allocations; £2m to be allocated to support apprenticeships with Anchor/Regionally Important Companies; to reduce the transfer
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05/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to re appoint his six existing for 2 years.
04/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to extend the current secondment arrangements until 31 August 2013. The Minister has also agreed to a total budget of £32,712 for secondment costs is allocated from the Curriculum Division budgets.
03/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has accepted recommendations 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10; accepted in principle recommendations 2, 4 and 9; and rejected recommendation 7 of the Report.
02/07/12
The Minister for Education and Skills has agreed to make an oral statement at Plenary.
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