Agenda

Venue: Luttrell Room - County Hall, Taunton TA1 4DY. View directions

Contact: Democratic Services: Email: democratic@somerset.gov.uk 

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Public Guidance Notes contained in Agenda Annexe pdf icon PDF 20 KB

Information about the Scrutiny Committee - Children & Families pdf icon PDF 42 KB

Details on how to join the meeting online

Link to join Teams Meeting online.

Additional documents:

1.

Apologies for Absence

To receive any apologies for absence.

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive and note any declarations of interests in respect of any matters included on the agenda for consideration at this meeting.

(The other registrable interests of Councillors of Somerset Council, arising from membership of City, Town or Parish Councils and other Local Authorities will automatically be recorded in the minutes: City, Town & Parish Twin Hatters - Somerset Councillors 2023 )

3.

Minutes from the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 154 KB

To approve the minutes from the previous meeting.

4.

Public Question Time

The Chair to advise the Committee of any items on which members of the public have requested to speak and advise those members of the public present of the details of the Council’s public participation scheme.

For those members of the public who have submitted any questions or statements, please note, a three minute time limit applies to each speaker and you will be asked to speak before Councillors debate the issue.

We are now live webcasting most of our committee meetings and you are welcome to view and listen to the discussion. The link to each webcast will be available on the meeting webpage, please see details under ‘click here to join online meeting’.

5.

Scrutiny Committee - Children and Families Work Programme pdf icon PDF 119 KB

To receive an update from the Service Manager, Governance Scrutiny. 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 links to view the latest Somerset Council Forward Plans and Executive Forward Plan of planned key decisions that have been published on the Council’s website:

 

Somerset Council Forward Plans

 

Somerset Council Executive Forward Plan

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JTAI Update pdf icon PDF 98 KB

To receive an update on the Joint Targeted Area Inspection (JTAI) of Somerset – serious youth violence.

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7.

DSG Deficit Management Plan

To consider a presentation on the DSG Deficit Management Plan.

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8.

Wellbeing and Schools Bill pdf icon PDF 1017 KB

To review and consider a presentation introducing the key elements of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to the committee.

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9.

Reviewing Education Systems Governance

To receive a presentation.

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10.

Somerset Schools' Assessment and Attainment Results

To receive a presentation.

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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 the Committee’s policy areas.

 

If Committee members have any questions or comments on the information, please contact the Committee Administrator on democraticservicesteam@somerset.gov.uk in the first instance and before the date of the meeting.