Meeting documents
SCC Scrutiny for Policies, Children and Families Committee
Monday, 7th November, 2022 1.00 pm
Venue: Luttrell Room - County Hall, Taunton. View directions
Contact: Neil Milne on 01823 357628 or Email: neil.milne@somerset.gov.uk Fiona Abbott on 01823 357628 or Email: fiona.abbott@somerset.gov.uk
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Declarations of Interest Details of all Members’ interests in District, Town and Parish Councils can be viewed on the Council Website at County Councillors membership of Town, City, Parish or District Councils and this will be displayed in the meeting room (Where relevant).
The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via request to the Democratic Service Team.
Minutes: There were no new declarations of interest made at the meeting. |
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Minutes from the previous meeting held on 3 October 2022 The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate. Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on Monday 3 October 2022 were approved and signed as a correct record. |
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Public Question Time The Chair will allow members of the public to ask a question or make a statement about any matter on the agenda for this meeting. These questions may be taken during the meeting, when the relevant agenda item is considered, at the Chair’s discretion. Minutes: Mr Whittaker asked a number of questions relating to the Ofsted Inspection of Children’s Services and to policies and procedures in Somerset in particular relating to Special Guardians (who provide care to children when their birth parents are unable to and is in between foster care and adoption) and provided ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |
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Scrutiny for Policies, Children and Families Committee Work Programme To receive an update from the Governance Manager. To assist the discussion, the following documents are attached:
(a) The Committee’s Work Programme (b) The Committee’s Outcome Tracker
Please use the following link to view the latest Executive Forward Plan of planned key decisions that have been published on the Council’s website – Executive Forward Plan Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee considered and noted the current work programme and outcome tracker and the Executive’s Forward Plan of planned key decisions in the coming months.
The Chair advised that a meeting of the Scrutiny Chairs would be taking place later in the week.
It was agreed that: 1. The following ... view the full minutes text for item 4. |
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Progress on Ofsted Inspection of Children's Services Action Plan To receive a presentation on the progress on the Inspection of Children’s Services Action Plan.
This item will be led by the Council’s Acting Director Children’s Services Claire Winter and the Council’s Strategic Manager, Paul Shallcross.
Note – the Chair will allow 35 minutes for this agenda item. Minutes: The Committee received a presentation from the Council’s Acting Assistant Director Community and Strategy, Paul Shallcross on the Inspection of Children’s Services progress on action plan.
Somerset Ofsted in 2022 had two named areas for improvement – · placement sufficiency, including for emergency admissions, for older children with complex needs – ... view the full minutes text for item 5. |
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LA Maintained Schools - Core Offer - Overview Presentation (attached).
This is a pre Executive scrutiny item and will be led by the Council’s Assistant Director Education Partnerships and Skills Amelia Walker.
Note – the Chair will allow 30 minutes for this agenda item. Minutes: This is a pre–Executive Scrutiny Item.
The Committee received a PowerPoint presentation from the Council’s Assistant Director Education Partnerships and Skills, Amelia Walker, who provided an overview of the proposed changes to the LA maintained schools core offer. She advised that the policy will be considered by the Council’s Executive ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |
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2022 Key Stage assessment results Performance data for 2022 will be circulated.
The item will be led by the Council’s Assistant Director Education Partnerships and Skills Amelia Walker, who will provide an overview presentation at the meeting, drawing out the key messages from the information.
Note - the Chair will allow 25 minutes for this agenda item. Additional documents: Minutes: The Committee received a PowerPoint presentation from the Council’s Assistant Director Education Partnerships and Skills, Amelia Walker, who provided further details on 2022 education outcomes. The Committee had already received information on the Somerset’s school’s performance data for 2022.
Ms Walker outlined the ‘headlines’ from the data which: - · show ... view the full minutes text for item 7. |
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Scrutiny at Somerset Council Report (attached).
This item will be led by the Council’s Scrutiny Manager, Jamie Jackson.
Note – the Chair will allow 20 minutes for this agenda item. Minutes: The Committee considered a report from the Council’s Scrutiny Officer, Jamie Jackson which was seeking nominations from the Committee to sit on a forthcoming scrutiny Task and Finish Group.
The Task and Finish Group will meet to discuss and eventually draft a set of proposals as to how scrutiny should ... view the full minutes text for item 8. |
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Items for Information - Standing Item This is a standing agenda item and will provide details of information sent to Committee members in between meetings, that cover Children & Families Scrutiny policy areas.
(a) Briefing on Wyvern Nurseries – Implementation Update (b) SEND, Data and Commissioning FAQ’s - key points from SEND, data and Commissioning workshop on 28 September 2022 Consultation on SEND Strategy 2023/26 (closes 23 Dec 22) (c) Member Development Panel information (d) Education and Inclusion Services redesign / restructure - follow up update
If Committee members have any questions or comments on the information, please contact fiona.abbott@somerset.gov.uk in the first instance and before the date of the meeting. Minutes: The Committee noted the following items for information:
(a) Briefing on Wyvern Nurseries – Implementation Update (b) SEND, Data and Commissioning FAQ’s – key points from SEND, data and Commissioning workshop on 28 September 2022 (c) Member Development Panel information (d) Education and Inclusion Services redesign / restructure – follow-up ... view the full minutes text for item 9. |
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Any other urgent items of business The Chair may raise any items of urgent business. Minutes: There were no other items of business. |