Public Document Pack AB CHILDREN AND EDUCATION SCRUTINY COMMITTEE THURSDAY 1 MARCH 2018 7.00 PM Bourges/Viersen Room - Town Hall AGENDA Page No 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Declarations of Interest and Whipping Declarations At this point Members must declare whether they have a disclosable pecuniary interest, or other interest, in any of the items on the agenda, unless it is already entered in the register of members’ interests or is a “pending notification “ that has been disclosed to the Solicitor to the Council. Members must also declare if they are subject to their party group whip in relation to any items under consideration. 3. Minutes of the Children and Education Scrutiny Committee Meeting 3 - 10 Held on 29 January 2018 4. Call In of any Cabinet, Cabinet Member or Key Officer Decisions The decision notice for each decision will bear the date on which it is published and will specify that the decision may then be implemented on the expiry of 3 working days after the publication of the decision (not including the date of publication), unless a request for call-in of the decision is received from any two Members of the relevant Scrutiny Committee. If a request for call-in of a decision is received, implementation of the decision remains suspended for consideration by the relevant Scrutiny Committee 5. Safeguarding Children And Young People At Risk As A Result Of 11 - 20 Being Missing From Home, Education Or Care 6. School Organisation Plan 2018 21 - 110 7. Examination (GCSE) Outcomes For Children Aged 16 Years In 2017 111 - 116 There is an induction hearing loop system available in all meeting rooms. 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Liz Youngman, Peterborough Diocesan Board of Education Flavio Vettese, (Deputy Director of Schools), Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of East Anglia Vacancy, Parent Governor Representative Vacancy, Parent Governor Representative Julie O’Connor, Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (sub for Flavio Vettese) Peter Cantley, Peterborough Diocesan Board of Education (sub for Liz Youngman) Non Statutory Co-optees Alistair Kingsley, Independent Co-opted Member (Non-voting) Rizwan Rahemtulla, Independent Co-opted Member (Non-voting) Parish Councillor Susie Lucas, Independent Co-opted Member (Non-voting) Parish Councillor Margaret Palmer, Substitute Independent Co-opted Member (Non-voting) Further information about this meeting can be obtained from Paulina Ford on telephone 01733 452508 or by email – [email protected] MINUTES OF THE CHILDREN AND EDUCATION SCRUTINY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AT 7PM ON 29 JANUARY 2018 BOURGES/VIERSEN ROOM, TOWN HALL, PETERBOROUGH Committee Councillors J Goodwin (Chairman), S Barkham, R Bisby, G Casey, Members Present: A Ellis, A Iqbal, D Over (Vice Chairman), J Johnson, B Rush, E Murphy, B Saltmarsh Peter Cantley, Education Co-opted Member Susie Lucas, Parish Councillor Co-opted Member Al Kingsley, Co-opted Member Rizwan Rahemtulla – Co-opted Member Officers Present: Gary Perkins Assistant Director, Education Lou Williams Service Director for Children’s Services and Safeguarding Paulina Ford Senior Democratic Services Officer 37. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Dowson and Councillor Mahabadi. Councillor Ellis attended as a substitute for Councillor Dowson and Councillor Murphy attended as a substitute for Councillor Mahabadi. Education Co-opted Members Flavio Vettese and Liz Youngman also submitted their apologies. Peter Cantley was in attendance as substitute for Liz Youngman. 38. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST AND WHIPPING DECLARATIONS There were no declarations of Interest or whipping declarations. 39. MINUTES OF THE CHILDREN AND EDUCATION SCRUTINY COMMITTEE HELD ON 7 SEPTEMBER 2017 The minutes of the meeting held on 7 September 2017 were agreed as a true and accurate record. 40. CALL IN OF ANY CABINET, CABINET MEMBER OR KEY OFFICER DECISIONS There were no requests for call-in to consider. 41. OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AGED 5, 7 AND 11 YEARS IN 2017 The Assistant Director, Education introduced the report which provided the Committee with an update on standards of attainment and rates of progress made by children in Peterborough Infant, Junior and Primary schools in the 2017 Early Years and National Curriculum assessments 2017. 3 The Committee debated the report and in summary, key points raised and responses to questions included: Members of the committee commented that online results had shown that some rural schools were not performing as expected compared to some inner city schools. Members were informed that specific data concerning outcomes of rural schools could be provided. All schools across Peterborough were offered the same support whether they were rural or inner city schools, or governed by a Trust Board or Governing Body. The Local Authority had a team of Improvement Advisors who provided advice and guidance to all schools if needed. A Vulnerable Group working party had been established which looked at data trends. The group that performed the best compared with the national average were the group of students with Special Educational Needs. Children with English as an additional language were also closing the gap quickly compared to the national average and were performing well. There were still challenges around the outcomes for white British children with pupil premium and resources were being targeted at this group to provide support in this area for improvement. There were many challenges in Peterborough and there had been improvement at KS2 in maths in 2016/2017. There were many schools who had performed well and should be congratulated. In 2016 the outcomes for reading had been particularly disappointing. Schools on their own could not bring about the necessary improvement. A Vision for Reading had been launched across the city and it was hoped that through the Reading Pledge the enjoyment of learning through reading would improve. Copies of the Reading Pledge and Vision for Reading were handed out to Members of the Committee to take away. Schools that did not take up support from the Local Authority were probably receiving support from their own Trust. Regular discussions took place with Head Teachers to look at the support offered to schools from the Local Authority to ensure the right support continued to be provided. All schools taking part in targeted support programmes from the Local Authority were benefiting. Members sought clarification as to how scalable the targeted intervention Programme was. Members were informed that the intention was that the schools benefiting from the Targeted Intervention Programme would be chosen as lead schools to work with other schools entering the programme so that a system of school hubs would be set up and therefore not always reliant on Local Authority officers. Parents, carers, elected members, schools and the Local Authority needed to work together to improve outcomes. Outcomes in schools were dependent on the quality of teaching and if children were ready to learn. The School Readiness Programme and Vision for Reading would support children in readiness for school. The role of the Local Authority in school improvement was much more limited now and the Schools Standards and Effectiveness Team had issued 12 Letters of Concern and 2 Formal Warning Notices to schools. All schools had produced robust action plans and some schools had School Improvement Advisors working in the schools. Those schools which were still demonstrating some concerns would be visited by the Regional Schools Commissioner and discussions would be had as to whether the governance arrangements would need to be changed. Peterborough had a unique set of challenges compared to other local authority comparators. Members commented that some schools had a better SEN provision than others and therefore more children with SEN needs went to those schools which in turn lowered that schools outcomes. Members sought clarification as to whether the SEN outcomes could be separated out to show what the true outcomes of the school were. Members were informed that every school had the facility to separate the outcome data but it was important to note that a school should not only be judged on its attainment outcomes. The more powerful outcome for schools who specialise in working with SEN children would be the progress that was made from the starting point of learning to the end point.