Marshalled list of amendments

Tuesday 4 January 2025

Item 6: Order Paper 79/22-27 – Tuesday 4 January 2025

Motion: Supporting Learning Pathways for our Young People

Proposed:

That this Assembly recognises the fundamental importance of education in enabling our children and young people to reach their full potential, develop their skills, and prepare them for life; further recognises that the education system must support and accommodate the diverse needs, interests, and potential of all children and young people; acknowledges the vital role that the Department of Education plays in opening career pathways for young people and the pivotal work done by our school staff to support this; and calls on the Minister of Education to assess the current per-pupil funding model for sixth form colleges to consider whether it adequately supports all learning pathways with the potential to help address identified skills gaps across the economy

Mr Pádraig Delargy
Mr Pat Sheehan
Mrs Cathy Mason
Mr Danny Baker

Amendment 1

Leave out all after ‘Department of Education’ and insert:

‘and Department for the Economy play in opening career pathways for young people and the pivotal work done by staff in our schools, colleges and universities to support this; calls on the Minister of Education to assess options to increase per-pupil funding across our education system, as well as review the operation of the Common Funding Scheme, particularly with respect to sixth form colleges; and further calls on the Minister for the Economy to ensure careers advice adequately supports all learning pathways with the potential to help address identified skills gaps across the economy.’

[Mr David Brooks]
[Mr Phillip Brett]
[Mr Peter Martin]

Amendment 2 (mutually exclusive to amendment 1)

Leave out all after ‘support this’ and insert:

‘expresses concern at the lack of progress of actions under the Developing a More Strategic Approach to 14-19 Education and Training framework; calls on the Minister of Education to assess the current per-pupil funding model for sixth form colleges to consider whether it adequately supports all learning pathways with the potential to help address identified skills gaps across the economy; and further calls on the Minister to work with the Minister for the Economy to provide a joint update on how they are collaborating to implement the 14-19 Education and Training framework and to outline what work they are doing to ensure that schools, and further and higher education organisations are collaborating and not competing with each other and that academic and vocational pathways, including apprenticeships, will have parity of esteem.’

[Mrs Michelle Guy]
[Mr Nick Mathison]
[Ms Kate Nicholl]
[Ms Sian Mulholland]