CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE COMMITTEE Date:Tuesday, 22 May 2018 Democratic and Members' Services Quentin Baker LGSS Director: Lawand Governance 14:00hr Shire Hall Castle Hill Cambridge CB3 0AP Kreis Viersen Room Shire Hall, Castle Hill, Cambridge, CB3 0AP AGENDA Open to Public and Press CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 1. Notification of the Appointment of the Chairman/ Chairwoman and Vice Chairman/ Chairwoman Verbal item. 2. Apologies for absence and declarations of interest Guidance on declaring interests is available at http://tinyurl.com/ccc-conduct-code 3. Minutes of the meeting on 13 March 2018 5 - 18 4. Action Log 19 - 24 5. Petitions DECISIONS Page 1 of 200 6. Free School Proposals 25 - 32 7. The Provisi on of Additional Secondary School Places in Wisbech 33 - 46 8. Lessons Learned - Sawtry Village Academy 47 - 56 9. A New Syllabus for the teaching of Religious Education 57 - 76 10. Transforming Outcomes for Children in Care 77 - 106 11. Finance and Performance Report - Outturn 2017 -18 107 - 176 12. Agenda Plan, Training Plan and Appointments 177 - 200 Date of Next Meeting The Committee is due to meet next on Tuesday 10 July 2018. The Children and Young People Committee comprises the following members: Councillor Simon Bywater (Chairman) Councillor Samantha Hoy (Vice-Chairwoman) Councillor Anna Bradnam Councillor Peter Downes Councillor Lis Every Councillor Anne Hay Councillor Simone Taylor Councillor David Wells Councillor Joan Whitehead and Councillor Julie Wisson Andrew Read (Appointee) Flavio Vettese (Appointee) For more information about this meeting, including access arrangements and facilities for people with disabilities, please contact Clerk Name: Richenda Greenhill Clerk Telephone: 01223 699171 Clerk Email: [email protected] Page 2 of 200 The County Council is committed to open government and members of the public are welcome to attend Committee meetings. It supports the principle of transparency and encourages filming, recording and taking photographs at meetings that are open to the public. It also welcomes the use of social networking and micro-blogging websites (such as Twitter and Facebook) to communicate with people about what is happening, as it happens. These arrangements operate in accordance with a protocol agreed by the Chairman of the Council and political Group Leaders which can be accessed via the following link or made available on request: http://tinyurl.com/ccc-film-record. Public speaking on the agenda items above is encouraged. Speakers must register their intention to speak by contacting the Democratic Services Officer no later than 12.00 noon three working days before the meeting. Full details of arrangements for public speaking are set out in Part 4, Part 4.4 of the Council’s Constitution https://tinyurl.com/ProcedureRules . The Council does not guarantee the provision of car parking on the Shire Hall site and you will need to use nearby public car parks http://tinyurl.com/ccc-carpark or public transport. Page 3 of 200 Page 4 of 200 Agenda Item No: 3 CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE COMMITTEE: MINUTES Date: Tuesday 13 March 2018 Time: 2.00pm – 4.15pm Venue: Kreis Viersen Room, Shire Hall, Cambridge Present: Councillors S Bywater (Chairman), A Bradnam, A Costello, P Downes (until 4.10pm), L Every, A Hay, M Howell, S Taylor, D Wells and J Whitehead Apologies: Councillor S Hoy (Vice Chairman) (substituted by Councillor A Costello) and J Wisson (substituted by Councillor M Howell) Co-opted Members: A Read and F Vettese CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 92. CHANGE TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA The Chairman stated that unfortunately the appendix to Item 8: A New Syllabus for the Teaching of Religious Education did not contain full details of the syllabus which the Committee was being asked to approve. In order to ensure that both Committee Members and members of the public had sufficient time to consider the proposed syllabus the item would be deferred to a later meeting. Officers had confirmed that this would not delay the introduction of the new syllabus if the proposal was agreed. 93. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Apologies were received from Councillor S Hoy, substituted by Councillor A Costello, Councillor J Wisson, substituted by Councillor M Howell and from co-opted members A Read and F Vettese. A declaration of a personal interest was made by Councillor L Every in relation to Item 5: Review of the Behaviour, Attendance and Improvement Partnership Service Level Agreement and the Devolved Funding Formula as an Academy Councillor at Ely College, a member of the Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust. The Chairman reminded Members that they could make a declaration of interest at any point in the meeting. 94. MINUTES OF THE MEETING ON 9 JANUARY 2018 The minutes of the meeting on 9 January 2018 were agreed as an accurate record and signed by the Chairman. 95. ACTION LOG The Action Log was reviewed and the following verbal updates noted: Page 5 of 200 Minute 66: Capital Investment for Sawtry Village Academy At the request of the Executive Director for People and Communities the LGSS Internal Audit team was carrying out an investigation of the circumstances at Sawtry Village Academy. A report describing the lessons learned would be brought to the Committee in May 2018. Minute 82: Contracts for Delivery of Home to School/ College Transport The discretionary elements of the home to school/ college transport policy were currently under review. The work was expected to be completed in May 2018 and an update would be circulated to members of the Committee for information. Minute 87. Agenda Plan, Appointments and Training Plan It was proposed to arrange a visit to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub for all members of the Children and Young People Committee and Corporate Parenting Sub- Committee on 10 April 2018. Minute 88: Legal Support Plan – Six Month Update An update report would be circulated to Committee members by the end of March 2018 for information. 96. PETITIONS No petitions were received. DECISION 97. REVIEW OF THE BEHAVIOUR, ATTENDANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT AND THE DEVOLVED FUNDING FORMULA The Lead Education Officer stated that the Committee had initially considered this issue at its meeting on 9 January 2018 and had requested a further report containing more detailed information on the impact of the implementation of the proposed new funding formula on individual schools. The revised report provided this additional information and officers were satisfied that the proposed 10% cap on increases and decreases in funding during the period 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019 would provide sufficient protection to those schools most affected by the proposed changes. The Chairman stated that two requests to speak on this item had been received from members of the public. He welcomed Jonathan Digby, Chief Executive of the Aspire Learning Trust and Chair of the Cambridgeshire Secondary Heads (CSH) Group to the meeting and invited him to address the Committee. Mr Digby stated that he had been appointed as the Principal of Sir Harry Smith Community College in 2008 and in this capacity he had been involved in the original process of devolving funding for alternative provision to schools. All headteachers had been in favour of this change and he believed it had worked extremely well. About two years ago it had been acknowledged that the funding formula was out of date and a working group had been set up with the Local Authority to review the position. Those discussions became increasingly subjective, focusing on the impact on individual schools and no consensus was reached. A new working group was established in 2017 with a view to producing clear proposals to submit to headteachers in December 2017. This Working Group included the Behaviour, Attendance and Improvement Partnership Page 6 of 200 (BAIP) headteachers for each area, Local Authority representation and Mr Digby in his capacity as the Chair of CSH. The turning point in discussions had been a suggestion by Robert Campbell, Chief Executive of the Morris Education Trust, to use the National Funding Formula as an objective basis for the allocation of future devolved funding. The proposals were submitted to the CSH Group for consultation. Due to the disparity between current and proposed funding levels for some schools it was proposed to set a 10% cap on increases and decreases in funding during the new formula’s first year of operation to reduce the impact on these schools. These proposals were agreed by the CSH Group in December 2017. The delay in revising the original arrangements had led to the cliff-edge in funding which would initially occur. Going forward, the allocations would be reviewed annually so changes would be less dramatic in future years. The Chairman thanked Mr Digby for his comments and invited Members of the Committee to ask any questions of clarification on the points made. A Member asked if there had been unanimous support for the proposals amongst headteachers. Mr Digby stated that each area was represented on the working group by its BAIP Lead headteacher and the working group’s recommendation had been unanimous. The former Director of Education and Robert Campbell presented the recommendations to CSH in December 2017 and there was an appreciation then that there would be both winners and losers under the proposed new arrangements. CSH’s comments were taken into account in reaching the final recommendations; A Member expressed concern that the impact on smaller schools could be disproportionate and asked whether the impact of the proposed changes on individual schools had been taken into account as well as the sums involved. Mr Digby stated that as soon as adjustments were made to the outcome of the formula the decisions became subjective. A collective view had been reached that following the National Funding Formula provided the fairest and most objective way of allocating funds, but inherent in this was the acceptance that some schools would see their funding increase whilst others would see it decrease.