Decision details

(a)       That the Committee commends the progress made by the Council against the targets in the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan;

(b)       That the effective multi-agency partnership working within the Welsh in Education Strategic Forum, which created and monitored the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan, be noted; and

(c)       That the Chairman, on behalf of the Committee, write to Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education, outlining the following concerns raised:-

·         The need to ensure sufficient numbers of welsh teachers in all curriculum subjects;

·         The revenue costs involved in establishing new welsh medium provision;

·         Concerns around the limiting subject options for pupils if Welsh Language was made a mandatory GCSE; and

·         A recognition that if WG were to meet their ambitious target of 1M welsh speakers in Wales by 2050 then this would be realised by increasing the number of welsh speakers in areas such as Flintshire.