Social Value Ideas for Swansea Council

Review of home tuition model

Officers said the home tuition service has not had a wholesale review for many years and now supports around 120 learners rather than the 30 it was originally established for. The committee was told t…

“So um I think it's probably important to emphasize that within that broad theme um there are three um quite distinct uh work streams and areas that we…”

Home tuition capacity strain

The home tuition service is under pressure because learner numbers have quadrupled from its original design capacity. Officers said the cohort has changed in both size and need, with more learners pre…

“That service that team hasn't had a kind of wholesale review um for many many years. um and its growth in numbers has been uh very uh significant. So …”

Home tuition demand and overspend

The home tuition service is under significant pressure from rising and changing demand, with a cohort increasingly shaped by mental health needs, emotionally based school avoidance, neurodevelopmental…

“So um why we're undertaking the review um we really need to respond to the changes in demand and in learner need. So where historically the service ha…”

Full accreditation prep

The archive service plans to prepare over the next year for a full accreditation panel in July 2027. Work will focus on service planning, engagement, storage standards, cataloguing, public awareness, …

“Next steps for us include um accreditation. Now um members will be will remember that um the service is is accredited but provisionally accredited. So…”

Archive policies refreshed

The committee approved a revised suite of archive service policies, mainly updating references to the new Asta/Atova premises and removing outdated wording. This supports the service’s accreditation p…

“Um, and that's why um some of them have gone up and some of them haven't. Some of them appear to have gone up above inflation and some of them haven't…”

ALN capacity and funding gap

Additional learning needs remains a central pressure, with rising demand for support, specialist places, and better mainstream capacity. The report also notes the move of ALN coordinators onto the lea…

“Secondly then I want to touch upon additional learning needs. We know this is a growth area and the demand for more support places help with uh famili…”

ALN funding gap

The leader said Swansea has around 6,600 pupils needing additional support and around 1,600 needing targeted ALN provision beyond mainstream schools, with 1,000 in specialist placements. He argued Wal…

“In terms of my single announcement for today, it is one just to refer members to the fact that we are uh about to issue a letter if we haven't already…”