Children & Young People Select Committee Minutes

Date:
Wednesday, 14th December, 2011
Time:
05.00 p.m.
Place:
New Lecture Hall, Stockton Library, Stockton on Tees, TS18 1AU
 
Please note: all Minutes are subject to approval at the next Meeting

Attendance Details

Present:
Cllr Miss Barbara Inman (Chairman), Cllr Carol Clark, Cllr Ben Houchen, Cllr Ken Lupton, Cllr Tracey Stott
Officers:
Jane Humphreys, Eric Jewitt, Lynda Brown, Diane McConnell (CESC); Fiona McKie, Judith Trainer (LD).
In Attendance:
Mr D Campbell (Non Voting Co-opted Representatives).
Apologies for absence:
were submitted on behalf of Cllr Mick Eddy, Cllr Elliot Kennedy, Cllr Ray McCall, Cllr Ross Patterson.
Item Description Decision
Public
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38/11		 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
 None
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39/11		 MINUTES FOR SIGNING - 26TH OCTOBER 2011
Preamble
AGREED that the minutes were signed by the Chairman as a correct record.
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40/11		 DRAFT MINUTES - 23RD NOVEMBER, 2011
Preamble
AGREED that the minutes be approved.
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41/11		 EIT REVIEW OF SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS
Preamble
AGREED that the baseline information be agreed and the information as requested above be provided to Members.
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42/11		 WORK PROGRAMME
Preamble
AGREED that the Work Programme be noted.
CYP
43/11		 CHAIR'S UPDATE
 None

Preamble

ItemPreamble
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39/11		The minutes of the meeting held on 26th October, 2011 were signed by the Chairman as a correct record.
CYP
40/11		Consideration was given to the draft minutes of the meeting held on 23rd November, 2011.
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41/11		Members were provided with baseline information for the EIT Review of School Effectiveness.

Officers provided a detailed presentation on each of the service areas included within the review.

Members raised the following areas/issues:-

• Currently there were low exclusion rates, good attendance levels, no schools in an OFSTED category and there had been improvements in attainment
• The Committee noted that services falling within the school improvement had already achieved their savings target as part of earlier review work and staffing numbers had reduced from 82 to 41 FTEs
• Members asked that the impact of the School Inclusion Review be monitored
• The impact of academies/ free schools
• The continued availability of the multilingual service
• The development of the Prospectus of Services to Schools including the costed service
• The scope to grow the costed and brokerage service
• Additional resources for schools with numbers of child protection cases


Members requested the following information:-

• List of Acronyms
• Previous Cabinet report on Educational Attainment
• Data on School Leavers going into Further Education, Higher Education and Employment
• Information on the Letter Box project
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42/11		The next meeting would be held on 25th January 2012.

Members were informed that there were a number of suggestions for work topics going to the Scrutiny Liaison Forum on 19th December and that these would be agreed by Executive Scrutiny on 20th December, 2011.

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