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Children and Young People

Issue Work type Objective(s) Date
Action for families Service information To consider a report on what is support is being provided for vulnerable families in Medway June 2013
School Organisation Plan 2011-16 - update Pre-decision scrutiny To consider and scrutinise the update on the School Organisation Plan 2011-16 June 2013
Update on Fostering Service Service information To receive an update on the performance of the fostering service following the report in December 2012 June/July 2013
School improvement - Update on progress made against the KS2 actions Performance reviews To scrutinise progress made against the recommendations of the Key Stage 2 Task Group review. The report will include information on changes in measurements being made June 2013
Medway Safeguarding Children Board (MSCB) Holding to account To consider and scrutinise the activity of the MSCB and its Business Plan July 2013
Children's Social Care Complaints and Compliments Annual reports To consider and scrutinise the children's social care complaints and compliments received in 2011/12 July 2013
End of year performance 2012/13 Performance reviews To consider and scrutinise the performance data for the end of year 2012/13 July 2013
Changes to overnight short breaks/closure of Preston Skreens Community issues To consider the outcome of the consultation relating to the review of overnight short breaks and the closure of Preston Skreens July 2013
Update on progress against the Ofsted inspection action plan Performance reviews To consider the progress made against the action plan following the unannounced Ofsted inspection of local authority arrangements for the protection of children September 2013
Provisional test and examination results Performance reviews To consider the provisional test and examination results for 2013 and progress made against the recommendations of the Key Stage 2 Task Group review September 2013
Proposed capital and revenue draft budgets 2014/15 Pre-decision scrutiny To consider and scrutiny the proposed capital and revenue budgets for 2014/15 December 2013
Medway Safeguarding Children Board (MSCB) Holding to account To consider and scrutinise the activity of the MSCB and its Business Plan January 2014
Update on progress against the Ofsted inspection action plan Performance reviews To consider the progress made against the action plan following the unannounced Ofsted inspection of local authority arrangements for the protection of children March 2014
Adoption services Service information To consider and scrutinise a report regarding the adoption service Date to be determined
Youth Service provision/clubs across the authority Service information To consider a report which will update the committee on youth service provision and youth clubs across Medway Date to be determined

Forthcoming meetings (dates to be agreed at Annual Council on 15 May 2013):

2013: 4 June, 16 July, 26 September, 10 December

2014: 14 January, 25 March

 

Work completed in 2012/13

31 May 2012

  • Careers advice and raising of the participation age
  • Children's social care complaints and compliments annual report
  • Task group report on improving performance at Key Stage 2
  • Children and Young People's Plan Monitoring Report
  • Academies and governance arrangements
  • Chatham Area Primary Age Need

17 July 2012

  • Draft Special Educational Needs Transport Policy
  • Medway Safeguarding Children Board
  • Common Assessment Framework
  • Children's Social Care Complaints and Compliments Annual Report (2011/12)
  • 2011/12 Year end performance report
  • Changes to inspection regimes

27 September 2012

  •  Child Development Centre update
  • Provisional test and examination results for 2012
  • Improving performance at Key Stage 2 – update on the review by the effective challenge of underperformance task group
  • Council Plan performance monitoring 2012/13 – quarter 1

11 December 2012

  • Sherwin Knight Infant and Junior Schools – outcome of consultation on proposed amalgamation
  • Swingate Infant and Spinnens Acre Junior Schools – outcome of consultation on proposed amalgamation
  • Youth Justice Plan
  • Capital and Revenue budgets 2013/14
  • 2012/13 Council Plan Monitoring – Q2
  • Ofsted inspection of Medway’s fostering service

15 January 2013

  • Portfolio Holder for Children Services (lead member) in attendance
  • Medway Safeguarding Child Board (MSCB) Business Plan 2012/13 – mid term progress report
  • Announced inspection of safeguarding and looked after children in Medway 2011 – progress update
  • Year 1 phonics check – outcome from 2012 and actions to address key issues
  • School Admission Arrangements 2014

26 March 2013

  • Raising the age of participation in learning
  • Portfolio Holder for Corporate Services in attendance
  • Portfolio Holder for Children’s Social Care in attendance
  • Outcome of unannounced inspection of local authority arrangements for the protection of children
  • Quarter 3 Council Plan Monitoring

 

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