Anna Brychan MS Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language

Cabinet responsibility for education, the Welsh Language, skills and tertiary education.

• School standards, improvement and pupil attainment
• School governance, organisation and admissions
• School funding policy including Local Authority Education Grant
• Curriculum and assessment arrangements
• Digital learning including Hwb and online safety
• Welsh medium and bilingual education
• Early childhood education
• Additional learning needs, including needs of pupils with severe, complex and/or specific learning difficulties, disabled pupils
• Support for people with Dyslexia
• Equity in Education including the whole school approach to mental health, attendance and safeguarding, behaviour and inclusion and community focussed schools
• Food and drink in schools including Free School Meals and Breakfasts, Milk and Healthy Eating
• Complaints against Local Education Authorities and school governing bodies
• Delivery and management of the Sustainable Communities for Learning capital programme
• Qualifications Wales
• Estyn work programme remit and funding
• Adnodd
• Pedagogy, Leadership and Professional Learning including initial teacher training
• Education Workforce engagement including Pay and Conditions (Independent Welsh Pay Review Body), Workload and Wellbeing
• Youth Work
• 14 – 19 Learner Pathways
• Policies to protect and promote the Welsh language
• Safeguarding in education settings