Collaborative arrangements

The Welsh Government, local authorities and Regional Education Consortia are committed to working together on a national approach to digital education technology and services for schools, aligning with the structure of the Digital Professional Learning Journey and Hwb programme. This approach will enable maintained schools in Wales to consistently exploit the transformational benefits which digital and technology can have on education.

There are two main groups that help oversee and support the Hwb programme achieve its aims.

Digital Learning Cymru (DLC)

Digital Learning Cymru is a subgroup of the Association of Directors of Education in Wales (ADEW) and is established following the merger of the EdTech Delivery Authority and ADEW ICT Groups. The group is made up of strategic representatives from the Welsh Government, all local authorities, and Regional Education Consortia. The group meets termly and is responsible for:

• setting the strategic vision for digital education services in Wales
• ensuring that the Hwb programme is delivering a digital infrastructure to support the Curriculum for Wales
• ensuring that the views of all local authorities and Regional Education Consortia are considered when it comes to digital services available through Hwb
• approving the strategic recommendations of the Technology Standardisation Group

Membership and contact details

Organisation	Digital Learning Cymru representative	Email
Bridgend	Lindsay Harvey	Lindsay.Harvey@bridgend.gov.uk
Blaenau Gwent	Joanne Watts	joanne.watts@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk
Caerphilly	Paul Warren	WARREP1@CAERPHILLY.GOV.UK
Cardiff	Richard Portas	richard.portas@cardiff.gov.uk
Carmarthenshire	Matthew Jenkins	m.jenkins@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Ceredigion	Kay Morris	kay.morris@ceredigion.gov.uk
Conwy	John Paul Jones	john.paul.jones@conwy.gov.uk
Denbighshire	James Brown	james.brown@denbighshire.gov.uk
Flintshire	Vicky Barlow	vicky.barlow@flintshire.gov.uk
Gwynedd	Huw Ynyr	huwynyr@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
Isle of Anglesey	Owen Davies	owendavies@ynysmon.gov.uk
Merthyr Tydfil	Andrea May	Andrea.May@merthyr.gov.uk
Monmouthshire	Sian Hayward	sianhayward@monmouthshire.gov.uk
Neath Port Talbot	Chris Owen Darren Long	c.m.owen@npt.gov.uk d.long1@npt.gov.uk
Newport	Karyn Keane	karyn.keane@newport.gov.uk
Pembrokeshire	Huw Benbow	Benbowh2@hwbmail.net
Powys	Eurig Towns	eurig.towns@powys.gov.uk
Rhondda Cynon Taf	Tim Britton	tim.britton@rctcbc.gov.uk
Swansea	Ian Meredith	ian.meredith@swansea.gov.uk
Torfaen	Andy Rothwell	andy.rothwell@torfaen.gov.uk
Vale of Glamorgan	Trevor Baker - Chair	tbaker@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
Wrexham	Simon Billington	simon.billington@wrexham.gov.uk
Central South Consortium (CSC)	Sarah Summers	sarah.summers@cscjes.org.uk
Education Achievement Service (EAS)	Sean Powell	sean.powell@sewaleseas.org.uk
North Wales Regional School Improvement Service (GwE)	Gwion Clarke	GwionClarke@gwegogledd.cymru
Partneriaeth	Adrian Smith	Adrian.Smith@partneriaeth.cymru
Mid Wales Education Partners (MWP)	Rob Walters Kay Morris	rob.walters@powys.gov.uk Kay.Morris@ceredigion.gov.uk
Welsh Government	Mike Jones	mike.jones1@gov.wales
Welsh Government	Deborah Sargent	deborah.sargent@gov.wales

Technology Standardisation Group (TSG)

The group is a subgroup of SocITM made up of representatives from the Welsh Government and all local authorities. The group meets termly and is responsible for:

• providing expert advice and guidance on the Education Digital Standards to ensure they remain accurate, fit for purpose and appropriate for schools use
• providing insight to shape current and future Hwb products and services
• working together to decide what schools’ digital infrastructure needs are, so that we can buy digital equipment and services “Once for Wales” and get good value for money that could not be achieved otherwise
• ensuring that the national ICT catalogue for schools contains the infrastructure, devices and classroom equipment that schools need to deliver excellent teaching and learning and the Curriculum for Wales