Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Education and Children's Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
20 Jul 2022 - 10:00
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Agenda

Public Agenda
1 Notice of Recording/Webcast

The Chair to advise/meeting to note that this meeting will be webcast for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council's meeting You Tube site (www.youtube.com/channel/UCT2kT7ZRPFCXq6_5dnVnYlw) and that members of the press/public may record and take photographs except where there are confidential or exempt items.

 

 

2 Apologies
To receive any apologies.
3 Appointment of Committee, Chair and Deputy Chair

(i) To note that the Council at its meeting on 24 May 2022 appointed the Committee, Chair and Members to serve on the Committee for the period ending with the Annual Meeting of the City Council in 2023.

 

Labour Group (5):-

Councillors Kerry Jenkins (Chair), Shabina Bano, Jilly Bermingham, Des Hughes and Shehla Moledina.

 

Conservative Group (2):-

Councillors Debbie Clancy and Simon Morrall.

 

Liberal Democrat Group (1):- 

Councillor Penny Wagg

 

(ii) To elect a Deputy Chair, for the purpose of substitution for the Chair if absent, for the period ending with the Annual Meeting of the City Council in 2023. 

4 Declarations of Interests

Members are reminded that they must declare all relevant  pecuniary and non pecuniary interests arising from any business to be discussed at this meeting. If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared a Member must not speak or take part in that agenda item. Any declarations will be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

 

 

5 Terms of Reference

To note the Terms of Reference for the Committee.

 

To fulfil the functions of an Overview and Scrutiny Committee as they relate to any policies, services and activities concerning schools and education, the Children’s Trust, vulnerable children, corporate parenting, children and young people’s health and wellbeing and other child social care and safeguarding functions of the council.

 

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee dealing with education matters shall include in its membership the following voting representatives:

a) Church of England diocese representative (one);

b) Roman Catholic diocese representative (one); and

c) Parent Governor representatives (two).

To agree the action notes of the formal meeting held on the 30th March 2022.
Sue Harrison, Director, Children and Families, and Victor Roman, SEND Improvement Programme Manager to update Members on SEND improvement and the Accelerated Progress Plan (APP).

Sabiha Aziz, Chair, Parent Carer Forum, Pam Armstrong, Parent Carer Forum, and Jo Green, Parent Carer Forum also in attendance.
 
Mike Fagan, AD, Home to School Transport to provide an update on Home to School Transport / Children’s Travel Service, and Satinder Sahota, Interim City Solicitor & Monitoring Officer in attendance. 

Sabiha Aziz, Chair, Parent Carer Forum, Pam Armstrong, Parent Carer Forum, and Jo Green, Parent Carer Forum also in attendance.
 
Dionne McAndrew, AD, Vulnerable Young People, Children’s Trust, and Janine Saleh, Head of Service, Youth Offending Service in attendance.
To agree the work programme.
11 Date of Meetings 2022/23

(i) The Chair proposes that meetings be held at 1000 hours on the following Wednesday's.

 

2022 2023

7 September 2022          4 January 2023

19 October 2022              22 February 2023

30 November 2022         5 April 2023

 17 May 2023

 

(ii) The Committee is also requested to approve Wednesday's at 1000 hours as

suitable day and time each week for any additional meetings required to

consider 'requests for call in' which may be lodged in respect of Executive decisions.

12 Request(s) for Call In/Councillor Call for Action/Petitions Received (if any)
To consider any request for call in/councillor call for action/petitions (if received). 
13 Other Urgent Business
To consider any items of business by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) that in the opinion of the Chair are matters of urgency.
14 Authority to Chair and Officers
Chair to move:-

'In an urgent situation between meetings, the Chair jointly with the relevant Chief Officer has authority to act on behalf of the Committee'.

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
No apology information has been recorded for the meeting.
Absent
NameReason for Absence
Rabia Shami 
Sarah Smith 

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

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