How does the Minister plan to directly address the fact that some schools and other settings don't know their communities well enough and therefore can’t plan effective support for low-income pupils, in light of the Estyn chief inspector’s annual report?
Answered by Minister for Education and the Welsh Language | Answered on 09/02/2024
Our ambition is for all schools in Wales to be Community Focused Schools - responding to the needs of their community, building a strong partnership with families and collaborating effectively with other services. We have invested £6.5m in increasing the number of family engagement officers this year and continue to fund a trial of community focused schools managers, who work on developing better engagement between schools and their communities.