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Children's Services Committee Date: Tuesday, 10 May 2016 Time: 10:00 Venue: Edwards Room, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2DH Persons attending the meeting are requested to turn off mobile phones. Membership Mr J Joyce - Chairman Mr A Adams Mr B Hannah Mr R Bearman Mr M Kiddle-Morris Mr B Bremner Mr B Long Mrs J Chamberlin Mr J Perkins Mr D Collis Mr R Smith Ms E Corlett - Vice-Chairman Mr B Stone Mr D Crawford Miss J Virgo Mr P Gilmour Mr A White Church Representatives Mrs H Bates Mr A Mash Non-voting Parent Governor Representatives Mrs K Byrne Mrs S Vertigan Non-voting Schools Forum Rep Mrs A Best-White Non-voting Co-opted Advisors Mr A Robinson Norfolk Governors Network Ms T Rainbow Special Needs Education Ms V Aldous Primary Education Mr J Mason Post-16 Education Ms C Smith Secondary Education For further details and general enquiries about this Agenda please contact the Committee Officer: 1 Julie Mortimer on 01603 223055 or email [email protected] Under the Council’s protocol on the use of media equipment at meetings held in public, this meeting may be filmed, recorded or photographed. Anyone who wishes to do so must inform the Chairman and ensure that it is done in a manner clearly visible to anyone present. The wishes of any individual not to be recorded or filmed must be appropriately respected. 2 A g e n d a 1. To receive apologies and details of any substitute members attending 2. To confirm the minutes from the meeting held on 15 March 2016 Page 5 3. Declarations of Interest If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter to be considered at the meeting and that interest is on your Register of Interests you must not speak or vote on the matter. If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter to be considered at the meeting and that interest is not on your Register of Interests you must declare that interest at the meeting and not speak or vote on the matter In either case you may remain in the room where the meeting is taking place. If you consider that it would be inappropriate in the circumstances to remain in the room, you may leave the room while the matter is dealt with. If you do not have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest you may nevertheless have an Other Interest in a matter to be discussed if it affects - your well being or financial position - that of your family or close friends - that of a club or society in which you have a management role - that of another public body of which you are a member to a greater extent than others in your ward. If that is the case then you must declare such an interest but can speak and vote on the matter. 4. Any items of business the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency 5. Public Question Time Fifteen minutes for public questions of which due notice has been given. Please note that all questions must be received by the Committee Team [email protected] by 5pm on Thursday 5 May 2016. Guidance can be found in the Norfolk County Council constitution - www.norfolk.gov.uk 6. Local Member Issues/ Member Questions Fifteen minutes for local member 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]) by 5pm on Thursday 5 May 2016. 7. Integrated Performance and Finance Monitoring report 2016-17 Page 16 Report by the Executive Director of Children's Services 3 8. Revenue Budget 2016-17 – Allocation of Transitional Funding and Page 61 Rural Services Delivery Grant 9. Social Care Recording System - Verbal Update Page 10. Re-commissioning Short Breaks for Disabled Children (Play, Page 66 Leisure, Home based) 11. Developing Norfolk’s self-improving school system in the light of Page 76 the White Paper ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’ 12. Schools Capital Programme 2016-19 Page 90 13. Exclusion of the Public: Page The committee is asked to consider excluding the public from the meeting under section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 for consideration of the item below on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined by Paragraphs 1.2, 1.3 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The committee will be presented with the conclusion of the public interest test carried out by the report author and is recommended to confirm the exclusion. 14. To confirm the exempt minutes from the meeting held on 15 Page March 2016. Information relating to any individual; Chris Walton Head of Democratic Services County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich NR1 2DH Date Agenda Published: 04 May 2016 If you need this document in large print, audio, Braille, alternative format or in a different language please contact Customer Services on 0344 800 8020 or 0344 800 8011 (textphone) and we will do our best to help. 4 Children’s Services Committee Minutes of the Meeting Held on Tuesday 15 March 2016 10am, Edwards Room, County Hall, Norwich Present: Mr J Joyce - Chair Mr R Bearman Mr P Gilmour Ms C Bowes Mr B Hannah Mr B Bremner Mr M Kiddle-Morris Mrs J Chamberlin Mr B Long Mr D Collis Mr J Perkins Miss E Corlett Mr B Stone Mr D Crawford Miss J Virgo Mr T Garrod Mr A White Church Representatives Mrs H Bates Non -Voting Co -opted Advisors Dr K Byrne Parent Governor Mr A Robinson Norfolk Governors Network Ms T Rainbow Special Needs Education 1 Apologies and substitutions 1.1 Apologies were received from Mr T Adams (Ms C Bowes substituted); Mr R Smith (Mr T Garrod substituted); Ms C Smith, Secondary Education Rep; Mr A Mash, Church Rep; Ms V Aldous, Primary Education Rep; Mr J Mason, Post 16 Education Rep; Ms S Vertigan, Parent Governor Rep and Mrs A Best White, Schools Forum Rep. 2 Minutes 2.1 The minutes of the meeting held on 26 January 2015 were agreed as an accurate record by the Committee and signed by the Chair. 2.2 Matters arising 2.2.1 The Executive Director of Children’s Services updated the Committee on the latest position with regard to the Parker Review. The Committee noted that meetings had been held with the Norfolk Foster Carers Association (NFCA) and it had been agreed that independent legal advice would be sought and there were also discussions about the possibility of the NFCA nominating a 5 carer to sit on the Panel. The deadline for taking part had also been extended. It was expected that the report would be published in July 2016 and, although additional costs would be incurred, a more independent review would be achieved. The Committee also noted that a couple of the requests made by the NFCA could not be complied with due to data protection rules, for example the request to have access to all files. If the NFCA decided they would not take part, the report was likely to be published earlier than July. 3 Declarations of Interest Mr B Hannah, Mr R Bearman and Mr B Stone declared an other interest in agenda item 9 as they were Members of Youth Advisory Boards. 4 Items of Urgent Business The Committee received an update from the Assistant Director Education, about the recent media reports regarding Dereham 6 th Form. The Committee noted that the Governors at the Neathered site had proposed a new and separate 6 th form. The Chair said it was his belief that the current 6th form in Dereham should remain as it offered a broad range of subjects for students. Members’ mentioned the difficulties in recruiting trained teaching staff, particularly science and maths teachers, and sought reassurance as to whether a full range of subjects could still be offered to students if the schools decided to split. The Executive Director of Children’s Schools and the Assistant Director Education said that the Governing Bodies of both sites needed to agree the way forward and reassured Members that the role of Norfolk County Council was to support and challenge. Members expressed concern about the viability of the proposals, especially the risks around leaving students at risk of a diminished education. 5 Local Member Issues/Member Questions No Local Member questions were received. 6 Integrated performance and Finance Monitoring Report. 6.1 The Committee received the report by the Executive Director of Children’s Services, reporting performance within Children’s Services department for the period ending 31 January 2016. 6.2 The following points were noted in response to questions from the Committee: 6 6.2.1 The Head of Education Achievement Service agreed to circulate details of the reasons warning notices had remained in force for two years at one school which was considered not to be improving fast enough. 6.2.2 The Committee was pleased that the participation by children not in education, employment or training (NEET) in training placements had improved. Members were reassured that work was continuing to ensure youngsters were offered training in good placements and asked that some young people be asked to share their views on the placements they attended. 6.2.3 It was expected that, by 31 March 2016, Personal Education Plans (PEPs) would be in place for every looked after child.

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