More Departures Of School Governors At Ysgol Friars - Neil Foden

More resignations after Neil Foden's conviction for sexual offences against children.

On May 23rd, it was reported that two school governors at Ysgol Friars, in Bangor, Gwynedd, have both stepped down from their posts.

Chair of governors, Essie Ahari and vice chair, Keith Horton, have both left the school with immediate effect.

Essie Ahari, is Chief Inspector at North Wales Police -
https://facesofwales.blogspot.com/2022/06/essi-ahari-chief-inspector-north-wales.html

Is Keith Horton, a serving police officer too?

Ahari, Horton and and a E. Harrison were the community representatives on the board of governors.

The representatives from Gwynedd council included -
Dr. C. Swatridge, Mr E.T. Morris, Mr Keith Parry and councillor R. Medwyn Hughes.

Staff representatives included Ms Alice Carter, Mrs A. Blackham and Mrs G.C Shacklady.

As of Saturday, 25th may, all of the above names appear to have been removed from the Ysgol Friars website.

One parents representative also appears to have gone.

So many departures in just two days must show that staff and parents have lost confidence in the governors who had worked so closely with Neil Foden...

 

                                                                 

Cyngor Gwynedd Council - Another Cabinet Member Avoids Scrutiny...

Cyngor Gwynedd council held a Care Scrutiny Committee on the 1st February 2024. Once again, the english webcast is not working making a mockery of the council's claim to have a bilingual service.
https://gwynedd.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/849190

Gwynedd's Housing Plan was discussed. It was meant to be presented by Craig ab Iago, the Cabinet member for Housing. The member had sent his apologies saying that he would try and attend the meeting later - this did not happen. 

The agena pack (with minutes of the last meeting) and details of the Housing Plan can be found here -
https://democracy.gwynedd.llyw.cymru//documents/g4974/Public%20reports%20pack%2001st-Feb-2024%2010.30%20Care%20Scrutiny%20Committee.pdf?T=10

At the end of the meeting, the chair of the committee, Beth Lawton, expressed her disappointment with the member for failing to attend. A housing officer did try and explain the circumstances surrounding the member's absence, but the chair dismissed the officer's protestations. 

The behaviour of the chair is odd considering the care scrutiny committee have failed to hold cabinet members to account for the bad behaviour towards the county's disabled and autistics in particular -  culminating in several PSOW rulings against Gwynedd SS departments.

Cabinet members Beca Brown, Nia Jeffreys and now Craig ab Iago have all missed recent scrutiny committee meetings...

This was a long day for the committee with a briefing session held before the public meeting and then an informal meeting held behind closed doors after the webcast concluded.

In other news, the Governance and Audit Committee meet on the 8th February. Gwynedd council do not usually webcast these meetings but this one will be webcast and should be found here -
https://gwynedd.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/852366

Something is so very wrong within Gwynedd council...

Finally - Gwynedd Council's Autism Report - Unredacted.

The unredacted Autism Report that the Head of Cyngor Gwynedd Children and Family's Department, Marian Parry Hughes, said would not be released unredacted.

BCUHB (West) region, Gwynedd, Mon and Conwy

Evidence and Data provided by some of the usual suspects....

AG: Alex Gibbard(Senior Operational Manager, Children’s Disabilities Services)

DL: David Lewis (Social Work Team Manager, Derwen)

NP: Non Pierce (Senior Social Worker, Derwen)

CB: Christine Burns (Practitioner Manager, North Wales Integrated Autism Service)

DP: Dafydd Paul (Senior Safeguarding and Quality officer GCCC)

LW: Lowri Williams (Customer Care Officer, Gwynedd CC)

JEH: Janw Hughes Evans (Head of Nursing Children’s Services, BCUHB)

SCW: Sharron Carter Williams (Senior Operational Manager,Children’s Services)

EH: Elliw Hughes, (Referral Team Manager, Children’s Services) 

Now renamed the 'Derwen Report' for some reason.....Dont mention the A word Sshh.

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