Everyone within Merthyr Tydfl’s education community believe that all our children and young people are entitled to the best possible life chances. We realise this can only be achieved by enhancing their access to the highest quality educational opportunities, and by supporting and encouraging them to be the best that they can be. Currently, whilst there have been successes in many areas, we accept that we all need to do more to deliver sustainable change for our children and young people. Outcomes across our schools are too variable and this, combined with consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, makes it even more important to focus on improving the life skills and academic achievements of all our children and young people. We recognise the many challenges ahead, but we frmly believe that by working in partnership we can realise the ambitions for all our children and young people set out in this strategy document.