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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence from Councillors.
Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillor Geary.
Councillor Rocca attended the meeting virtually forgoing his voting rights. |
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Substitute Members To receive information on any changes in the membership of the Committee.
Note – When a member of a Committee is unable to attend a meeting of a Committee or Sub-Committee, the relevant Political Group Leader (or their nominated representative) may, by notice to the Monitoring Officer (or their nominated representative) prior to the meeting, appoint a substitute member from within the same Political Group. The contact details on the front of this agenda should be used for notifications.
Minutes: Councillor Hilliard substituted for Councillor Geary. |
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Declarations of Interests Councillors are requested to declare any interests on items included in this agenda. Please refer to the workflow on the preceding page for guidance. Declarations received will be reported at the meeting. Minutes: Councillor Hilliard declared an interest as Chair of Governors at Highcliffe and Councillor Moore declared an interest as a Trustee and Member at Teachers Trust. |
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Confirmation of Minutes To confirm and sign as a correct record the minutes of the Meeting held on 21 September 2021. Minutes: RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Meeting held on 21 September 2021, having been previously circulated, be taken as read and confirmed and signed by the Chair as a correct record. |
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To consider any outstanding actions. Minutes: The Chair advised that all outstanding actions were being progressed and noted the delay for the Longspee/Ensbury Park campus and MASH visit due to Covid risks. |
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Public Issues To receive any public questions, statements or petitions submitted in accordance with the Constitution, which is available to view at the following link:
https://democracy.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeID=151&Info=1&bcr=1
The deadline for the submission of a public question is 4 clear working days before the meeting. The deadline for the submission of a public statement is midday the working day before the meeting. The deadline for the submission of a petition is 10 working days before the meeting.
Minutes: There were no public issues received on this occasion. |
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The BCP Appreciative Inquiry into inclusion practices in BCP schools This is the covering report for the Appreciative Inquiry, which took place over the summer of 2021, concluding with a consultation process with schools about its contents. The final version of the Inquiry is attached along with suggested next steps. A report with recommendations is being taken to Cabinet and should the recommendations be accepted by the Cabinet, this will allow for major changes in the services provided by the Council to schools to go ahead in principle, subject to separate business cases being submitted for authorisation when detailed work on relevant individual recommendations have been carried out. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair of Children and Young People’s Partnership Board and the Director of Education presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
This was a covering report for the Appreciative Inquiry, which took place over the summer of 2021, concluding with a consultation process with schools about its contents. The final version of the Inquiry was attached along with suggested next steps. A report with recommendations was being taken to Cabinet and should the recommendations be accepted by the Cabinet, this would allow for major changes in the services provided by the Council to schools to go ahead in principle, subject to separate business cases being submitted for authorisation when detailed work on relevant individual recommendations had been carried out.
The Committee discussed the Report and comments were made, including:
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Written statement of action for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Following a local area SEND inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in late June 2021, the local authority (LA) and Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) must produce and submit a Written Statement of Action (WSoA) by 7 December. The WSoA is being co-produced by a partnership process involving families, schools, Health, the Council and other partners. Minutes: The Director of Education presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'B' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
Following a local area SEND inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in late June 2021, the local authority (LA) and Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) must produce and submit a Written Statement of Action (WSoA) by 7 December 2021. The WSoA was being co-produced by a partnership process involving families, schools, Health, the Council and other partners.
The Interim Corporate Director advised the Committee that this would be part of the Transformation Programme with a clear governance process which was detailed to the Committee. There was eight focused areas, underneath strands of appreciative inquiry and WSoA. The Committee was advised that capacity was needed to be able to progress and implement the changes at pace.
The Committee discussed the report and comments were made, including:
The Chair summarised as follows:
With regard to the Recommendation, the Portfolio Holder for Covid Resilience, Schools and Skills advised that she was awaiting advice from the Monitoring Officer, but that it was anticipated that the sign off of the WSoA would be the Interim Corporate Director and the Portfolio Holder Covid Resilience, Schools and Skills.
RECOMMENDED that Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee endorse to Cabinet the partnership approach to radically improving special educational needs and disabilities across the BCP area; and delegate authority to the Portfolio Holder for Covid Resilience, Schools and Skills to sign off the Written Statement of Action on behalf ... view the full minutes text for item 52. |
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Covid Recovery – Feedback on Start of School Year and Summer Offer The Summer Offer looked to address mental health, gaps in learning, the lack of preparation for secondary school, exploitation and knife crime as well as ensuring that families have food during this period. This report details the impact of this offer on the start of the school year for children in BCP. Minutes: The ? presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix '?' to these Minutes in the Minute Book. Public Report RECOMMENDED/RESOLVED that Members note the impact of the Summer Offer. Voting: Unanimous/Nem. Con. X:Y (Z abstentions)
The Summer Offer looked to address mental health, gaps in learning, the lack of preparation for secondary school, exploitation and knife crime as well as ensuring that families have food during this period. This report details the impact of this offer on the start of the school year for children in BCP. |
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Home to School Transport The attached cabinet report introduces a common home to school transport policy for the whole of the BCP Council area across the areas of the three former council areas Additional documents:
Minutes: The Head of Service – School Planning and Admissions presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'D' to these Minutes in the Minute Book. The Cabinet report introduced a common home to school transport policy for the whole of the BCP Council area across the areas of the three former council areas.
The Committee discussed the Report and comments were made, including:
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Schools Admissions Arrangements 2023/2024 for community and maintained schools The cabinet report confirms admissions arrangements for schools maintained by BCP Council for the school year 2023/24. It is proposed that a consultation take place to reduce the published admission number at Burton Primary School from 60 to 45 to enable the school to organise classes most efficiently. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Head of Service – School Planning and Admissions presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'E' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
The Cabinet report confirmed admissions arrangements for schools maintained by BCP Council for the school year 2023/24. It was proposed that a consultation take place to reduce the published admission number at Burton Primary School from 60 to 45 to enable the school to organise classes most efficiently.
There was no Committee discussion on this item.
RECOMMENDED that Cabinet approve the Schools Admissions Arrangements 2023/2024 for community and maintained schools. |
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Capital expenditure to enable bulge classes at the Avonbourne Schools The report proposes that Cabinet approve up to £500,000 capital expenditure to enable the Avonbourne Schools to undertake remodelling so that they can take up to two bulge classes. Pupil place planning projections suggest there may be insufficient places available in the local area in the admissions years 2022 and 2023. Providing for bulge classes would ensure that the council meets its statutory responsibility to provide sufficient school places for all school age children living within the area. Minutes: The Head of Service – School Planning and Admissions presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'F' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
The report proposed that Cabinet approve up to £500,000 capital expenditure to enable the Avonbourne Schools to undertake remodelling so that they can take up to two bulge classes. Pupil place planning projections suggested there may be insufficient places available in the local area in the admissions years 2022 and 2023. Providing for bulge classes would ensure that the council meets its statutory responsibility to provide sufficient school places for all school age children living within the area.
There was no Committee discussion on this item.
RECOMMENDED that Cabinet approves expenditure of up to £500,000 to facilitate the provision of bulge classes at the Avonbourne Schools
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Portfolio Holder Update To receive a verbal update from the Portfolio Holders. Minutes: There was no Portfolio Holder update on this occasion. |
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Items for Information Information only items will be circulated after the Committee: · Pan Dorset Safeguarding Childrens Partnership Annual Report
Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair advised that any items for information would be circulated after the Committee. |
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To consider the Committee’s Forward Plan. Minutes: The Chair provided feedback from the recent forward planning and advised that further work would be undertaken on the plan.
The Member of Youth Parliament requested the addition of an MYP Annual Report to come in March 2022 to enable the outgoing Members to update the Committee on their work and to introduce the new MYPs to the Committee. |
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Dates of Future Meetings To note the dates of future Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committees as follows:
All meetings will commence at 6pm and venues to be confirmed.
Minutes: The dates of the future meetings were noted. |