Agenda item

1.     WASACRE business

                 i.          To receive and note draft minutes from the WASACRE virtual meeting November 2024. (attached)

                ii.          To note dates of future WASACRE meetings and confirm representation:

·       Spring Meeting – Virtual on 6^th March 2025 , 10.30am (agenda attached)

              iii.          Nominations for new members of the WASACRE Executive Committee - Monmouthshire SAC’s representative’s term of office ending. (Papers attached).

              iv.          Important information from WASACRE:

·       E mail from A.Parry/L.Jones.

·       Letter to Chair of WASACRE.

·       Expenditure: WASACRE Conference – June 2024.

·       Adnodd and Miller Research Correspondence.

·       SACRE Annual Reports.

·       Revised draft Code of Conduct for WASACRE.

                 i.          To receive and note draft minutes from the WASACRE virtual meeting November 2024. (attached)

The minutes were received and noted.

                ii.          To note dates of future WASACRE meetings and confirm representation:

The date of the Spring Meeting – Virtual on 6^th March 2025 , 10.30am was noted.

              iii.          Nominations for new members of the WASACRE Executive Committee - Monmouthshire SAC’s representative’s term of office ending. (Papers attached).

Voting in separate groups, it was resolved to nominate County Councillor Rachel Buckler for election to membership of WASACRE Executive Committee.

              iv.          Important information from WASACRE:

·       E mail from A.Parry/L.Jones – This was noted.

·       Letter to Chair of WASACRE– This was noted.

·       Expenditure: WASACRE Conference – June 2024– This was noted.

·       Adnodd and Miller Research Correspondence– This was noted.

·       SACRE Annual Reports– This was noted.

·       Revised Draft Code of Conduct for WASACRE:  Members noted the revised draft code of conduct for WASACRE and discussed if it was necessary for WASACRE to have a code of conduct because councillors have their own code of conduct and teachers have professional standards. It was queried if the code of conduct would only apply to faith and belief representatives. It was suggested that any issues would be better dealt with by the person's own local authority and the local SAC as opposed to WASACRE.

The draft code will be considered at WASACRE’s AGM in June and feedback from SACs is welcomed prior to the meeting.  It was agreed that this feedback should be sent to WASACRE.