Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Panel Date: Thursday 15 September 2011 Time: 2:00pm Venue: Edwards Room, County Hall, Norwich Persons attending the meeting are requested to turn off mobile phones. Membership Miss C Casimir (Chairman) Mr R Bearman Mrs J Leggett Dr A Boswell Mr W Nunn Mr B Bremner Mr M Scutter Mr M Brindle Mr B Spratt Mrs J Chamberlin (Vice-Chairman) Mr T Tomkinson Mrs S Gurney Miss J Virgo Ms D Irving Mr P Wells Mr M Kiddle-Morris Mr A Wright Parent Governor Representatives Mr P East Dr L Poliakoff Church Representatives Mrs J O’Connor Mr A Mash Non-Voting Schools Forum Representative Dr B Carrington Non-Voting Cabinet Member Mrs A Thomas Non-Voting Deputy Cabinet Member Mr T Garrod Vulnerable Children Mr B Stone Education To view reports click on links shown in blue Non-Voting Co-opted Advisors Mr S Adamson Norfolk Governors Network Ms J Butler Special Needs Education Mrs S Cooke Primary Education Mr L Poulson Post-16 Education Ms C Smith Secondary Education For further details and general enquiries about this Agenda please contact the Committee Officer: Kristen Jones on 01603 223053 or email [email protected] For Public Questions and Local Member Questions please contact: Committees Team on [email protected] or telephone 01603 223053 A g e n d a 1. To receive apologies and details of any substitute members attending 2. Minutes (Page 1) To receive the minutes of the meeting of the Children’s Services Overview & Scrutiny Panel held on 14 July 2011. 3. Members to Declare any Interests Please indicate whether the interest is a personal one only or one which is prejudicial. A declaration of a personal interest should indicate the nature of the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. In the case of a personal interest, the member may speak and vote on the matter. Please note that if you are exempt from declaring a personal interest because it arises solely from your position on a body to which you were nominated by the County Council or a body exercising functions of a public nature (e.g. another local authority), you need only declare your interest if and when you intend to speak on a matter. If a prejudicial interest is declared, the member should withdraw from the room whilst the matter is discussed unless members of the public are allowed to make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter, in which case you may attend the meeting for that purpose. You must immediately leave the room when you have finished or the meeting decides you have finished, if earlier. These declarations apply to all those members present, whether the member is part of the meeting, attending to speak as a local member on an item or simply observing the meeting from the public seating area. 4. To receive any items of business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency 5. Public Question Time Fifteen minutes for questions from members of the public of which due notice has been given. Please note that all questions must be received by the Committee Team ([email protected] or 01603 223053) by 5pm on Monday 12 September 2011. For guidance on submitting public questions, please view the Council Constitution, Appendix 10. 6. Local Member Issues/Member Questions Fifteen minutes for local members to raise issues of concern of which due notice has been given. Please note that all questions must be received by the Committee Team ([email protected] or 01603 223053) by 5pm on Monday 12 September 2011. 7. Cabinet Member Feedback Scrutiny Items 8. Forward Work Programme: Scrutiny (Page 19) Report by the Director of Children’s Services Overview Items 9. Children’s Services 2011/12 Improvement Plan following the (Page 27) Ofsted Announced & Unannounced Inspections Report by the Director of Children’s Services 10. How the shared service for Customer Services and (Page 75) communications supports the work of Children’s Services generally, and in its requirement to consult and engage Children and Young People Report by the Head of Customer Services and Communications 11. Norfolk Children’s Services: Draft Corporate Parenting Placement (Page 84) Strategy 2011-14 Report by the Director of Children’s Services 12. Proposed changes to Post-16 Transport policy principles and (Page ) eligibility criteria system The Chairman has agreed to extend the questions deadline for this item - all questions must be received by 12 noon on Wednesday 14 September. Report by the Director of Children’s Services 13. Children’s Services Integrated Performance and Finance (Page 97) Monitoring Draft report for 2011-2012 Report by the Director of Children’s Services 14. Education Capital Funding (Page 111) Report by the Director of Children’s Services and Head of Finance 15. Consultation on School Funding Reform: Proposals for a fairer (Page 118) system Report by the Director of Children’s Services 16. Fair Funding Consultation (Page 137) Report by the Director of Children’s Services 17. Trends in Pupil Exclusions from Norfolk Schools (Page 142) Report by the Director of Children’s Services 18. Consultations on proposals to change the current pattern of (Page 161) school organisation in 4 separate locations Report by the Director of Children’s Services 19. Update on Strategy to Combat Racism and Promote Inter-cultural (Page 186) Understanding Report by the Director of Children’s Services Group Meetings Conservative 1:00 pm Colman Room Liberal Democrats 1:00 pm Room 504 Chris Walton Head of Democratic Services County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich NR1 2DH Date Agenda Published: 7 September 2011 If you need this document in large print, audio, Braille, alternative format or in a different language please contact Kristen Jones on 0344 800 8020 or 0344 800 8011 (textphone) and we will do our best to help. Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Panel Minutes of the Meeting Held on Thursday 14 July 2011 Present: Miss C Casimir (Chairman) Mr R Bearman Mr W Nunn Mr B Bremner Mr M Scutter Mr M Brindle Mr B Spratt Mrs J Chamberlin Mr T Tomkinson Mr M Kiddle-Morris Miss J Virgo Mr M Langwade Mr P Wells Mr S Little Mr A Wright Non-Voting School’s Forum Representative: Dr B Carrington Non-Voting Cabinet Member: Mrs A Thomas Non-Voting Deputy Cabinet Members: Mr T Garrod Vulnerable Children Mr B Stone Education Non-Voting Co-Opted Advisors: Ms J Butler Special Schools Mrs S Cooke Primary Education Ms C Smith Secondary Education County Councillors Also in Attendance: Mr B Hannah 1. Chairman’s Announcements 1.1 The Chairman noted the Panel’s thanks to Mrs Janet Murphy in her previous role as Deputy Cabinet Member for Education. She welcomed Mr Barry Stone and congratulated him on taking up this role. 1.2 The Chairman welcomed Ms Chrissie Smith and Ms Janet Butler as Co- opted Advisors and thanked Mr Large and Mrs Rowlinson for their contributions to the Panel. 1.3 The Chairman announced that after Council on Monday 25 July there would be a presentation by representatives from the Norfolk In Care Council. They aimed to raise awareness of the work they were doing, the profile of children and young people in care and to showcase some of their achievements to date. Members would have an opportunity to raise questions and were encouraged to attend in their role as Corporate Parents. 2. Apologies and substitutions 2.1 Apologies were received from Dr Boswell (Mr Little substituting), Mrs Gurney (Mr Langwade substituting), Ms Irving, Mrs Murphy, Mr East, Dr Poliakoff, Mrs O’Connor, Mr Mash, Mr Adamson, and Mr Poulson. 3. Minutes 3.1 The minutes of the meeting held on 12 May 2011 were agreed by the Panel and signed as an accurate record of the meeting. 4. Declarations of Interests 4.1 Mr Bearman declared a personal interest in Item 12 as he was a member of Foster Panel. 4.2 Mr Garrod declared a personal interest in Item 12 as he was a member of Foster Panel. 4.3 Mrs Thomas declared a personal interest in Item 11 as she was a member of Adoption Panel. 5. Items of Urgent Business 5.1 There were no items of urgent business. 6. Public Question Time 6.1 There were no public questions. 7. Local Member Issues/Member Questions 7.1 There were no Local Member Issues/Member Questions. 8. Cabinet Member Feedback 8.1 The Cabinet Member said that the results of the Ofsted announced inspection would be available on 22 July and this report would be brought to the September Overview & Scrutiny Panel. She thanked all staff for their professionalism over the two weeks of the inspection. It had been a productive two-way process which had resulted in a constructive approach for the service to improve further. 8.2 The Cabinet Member noted that due to the teacher strike action and the first day of the Norfolk Show taking place on the same day, students were already out of school, many attending the Norfolk Show. She noted that over 400 Looked After Children (LAC) attended the Norfolk Show with their carers and this was made possible by the Council in its role as Corporate Parent. Scrutiny Items 9. Forward Work Programme: Scrutiny 9.1 The annexed report (8) by the Director of Children’s Services was received. The report asked Members to review and develop the programme for scrutiny. 9.2 During the discussion the following points were noted: Members suggested that a scrutiny of the impact of the cuts to the Youth Service be placed on the Forward Work Programme.