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Membership of the National Attendance Taskforce group.

Current members
Role and organisation Name
Acting Assistant Director, Estyn Catherine Evans

Vice Chair of Association of Directors of Education Wales (Director of Education, Swansea)

Helen Morgan-Rees
Virtual School Head, Ynys Mon Sharon Williams
Local authority attendance lead Daniel Williams
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Aneurin Bevan Health Board Dr Rhiannon Cobner
Strategic Director Social Services, Newport City Council Sally Jenkins

Lifelong Learning Policy Officer (Youth) WLGA

Tim Opie
Deprivation and Rural Challenges Co-ordinator, Ceredigion Gareth Lewis
Chief Executive, NAEL Tegwen Ellis
Associate NAEL, Senior Youth Worker, Torfaen Gavin Gibbs
Associate, NAEL, Wales Voluntary Service Marco Gill-Cerventes
Director, NAHT Cymru Laura Doel
Director, ASCL Cymru Eithne Hughes
Chair of Royal College of General Practitioners, Wales Dr Rowena Christmas
Officer for Wales, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Dr Nick Wilkinson
Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Swansea University Professor Ann John
Childrens Commissioner for Wales Rocio Cifuentes
Evidence and Research Manager, Parentkind Warren Earl
Policy Director, Children in Wales Sean O’Neill
Wales Police Schools Programme Senior Manager Bethan James
Professor of Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University Professor David Egan
Youth Parliament Ruben Kelman and Keira Bailey-Hughes
Head of Department, Widening Participation, Cardiff and Vale College Wayne Carter