Purpose

To provide an update following the Welsh
Government announcement to change the mechanism of funding for all
regional consortia across Wales and the outcome of the Welsh
Government commissioned middle tier review which has had
significant implications for the current arrangements for school
improvement service.

Content

(a)     That
the Committee confirm that it had received sufficient information
about the changes initiated by Welsh Government through the middle
tier review, the changes to funding mechanisms to regional
consortia and the arrangements to local school improvement services
in Flintshire for the financial year 2024-25; and
 

(b)     That the Committee
acknowledge that there was a significant amount of
change management to be undertaken to successfully achieve Welsh
Government’s proposals for a revised school improvement model
in the longer term.