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Denbighshire education chief quizzed over Estyn's report
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Education chief Huw Griffiths will be in the hot-seat tonight (Tuesday 2 October) as he faces the cameras to defend the state of Denbighshire's education.
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Denbighshire council's Corporate Director of Lifelong Learning will be questioned on the 91热爆 Wales current affairs programme Taro Naw on S4C.
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Denbighshire was severely criticised by education inspectorate Estyn in a recent report and there are fears that a generation of school children may have suffered as a result of shortcomings in education provision.
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The 35-page report said children's educational performance was below average at the ages of seven, 11 and at 16 when they take their GCSEs.
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In 2006, Denbighshire ranked 19th out of the 22 authorities in Wales for the percentage of students gaining two AS/A levels.
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Funding for secondary school pupils was the second lowest in Wales and overall the report said the performance of secondary schools was well below the expected level when compared with other schools in Wales.
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The report also criticised leaders at all levels in the authority for not addressing "robustly and comprehensively enough the continual poor performance of schools" over a long period of time.
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Taro Naw looks into the situation and asks who is to blame and will things improve?
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Taro Naw, Tuesday 2 October, 8.25pm, 91热爆 Wales on S4C (English subtitles available)
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