Agenda and minutes
Venue: Warspite Room, Council House
Contact: Helen Rickman, Democratic Support Officer
Media
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Declarations on Interest Councillors will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda. Additional documents: Minutes: The following declarations of interest were made by Members in accordance with the code of conduct:
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To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting held on 6 February 2019. Additional documents: Minutes: Agreed the minutes of the 6 February 2019 Education & Children’s Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee as an accurate record of the meeting.
Under this item a further request for information relating to the Gatsby benchmarking criteria, as raised at the 6 February 2019 meeting, was made. |
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Chair's Urgent Business To receive reports on business which in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration. Additional documents: Minutes: There were no items of Chair’s Urgent Business. |
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Progress Report on School Standards PDF 37 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Councillor Jon Taylor (Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Transformation), Judith Harwood (Service Director for Education, Participation and Skills) and David Bowles (Head of Education, Participation and Skills) presented the Progress Report on School Standards.
The following key points were highlighted to Members:
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Order of Business With the permission of the Chair the order of business was changed as reflected in the minutes. Additional documents: |
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Regional Schools Commissioner PDF 105 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Lisa Mannall (Regional Schools Commissioner for the South West) provided Members with an update on her role and responsibilities and answered questions.
The following key points were highlighted to Members:
In response to questions raised it was reported that –
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Raising Standards/Attainment Levels PDF 140 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Councillor Jon Taylor (Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Transformation), Judith Harwood (Service Director for Education, Participation and Skills) and David Bowles (Head of Education, Participation and Skills) presented the Raising Standards/ Attainment Levels report.
The following key points were highlighted to Members:
In response to questions raised it was reported that –
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The Plymouth Oracy Project PDF 190 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Ruth Woodhouse (Director of Plymouth Teaching School Alliance) presented the Plymouth Oracy Project Update.
Key points highlighted to Members included the following:
In response to a question raised it was reported that the full evidence report would set out the projected outcomes and successes of the Oracy Project – this would be shared with Members once available. The project itself had received positive feedback and some Plymouth teachers were due to visit London shortly to see outstanding practice.
Members praised the hard work and success of the Oracy Project and thanked Ruth Woodhouse for her attendance at the meeting.
Members requested to receive the Oracy Project evaluation reports once finalised. |
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The Plymouth Challenge Update PDF 113 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Councillor Jon Taylor (Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Transformation), Judith Harwood (Service Director for Education, Participation and Skills) and David Bowles (Head of Education, Participation and Skills) presented the Plymouth Challenge Update report.
Key points highlighted to Members included:
In response to questions raised it was reported that –
The Chair thanked the Cabinet Members and Officers for their attendance at the meeting.
It was requested that the following would be included on the Committee’s work programme for 2019/20:
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OFSTED Inspection of Children, Young People and Families Service - to follow PDF 46 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Councillor Jon Taylor (Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Transformation) and Neelam Bhardwaja (Service Director for Children, Young People and Families) presented the OFSTED Inspection of Children, Young People and Families Service report.
Members were advised that the OFSTED Inspection report was published on 7 January 2019; the overall rating was judged as ‘requires improvement’ however of the 16 authorities assessed, only 2 were deemed to be good with the other 14 being judged as ‘requires improvement’.
In response to questions raised it was reported that –
The Chair thanked the Cabinet Member and Service Director for their attendance.
Members requested a further update on the OFSTED actions plans is provided to the Education and Children’s Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee in the future.
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Together for Childhood Update - to follow PDF 443 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair advised Members that the Together for Childhood Update was added to the agenda as an information only item.
Members noted the update and agreed to keep Together for Childhood on the work programme for 2019/20. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: Members agreed to include the following items to the work programme for 2019/20:
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Tracking Resolutions PDF 173 KB Additional documents: Minutes: Members noted the tracking resolutions document. |