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Apologies for absence Minutes: An apology for absence was received from Councillor Thacker. |
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Declarations of Interest and Whipping Declarations At this point Members must declare whether they have an interest, whether personal or prejudicial, in any of the items on the agenda. Members must also declare if they are subject to their party group whip in relation to any items under consideration.
Minutes: Councillor Saltmarsh declared a personal interest in Item 5 – Children’s Trust – Enjoy and Achieve Partnership – as she was a governor at Dogsthorpe Junior School. |
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Minutes of meeting held on 3 August 2010 PDF 91 KB Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 3 August 2010 were approved as a correct record. |
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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 a Scrutiny Committee or Scrutiny Commission. If a request for call-in of a decision is received, implementation of the decision remains suspended for consideration by the relevant Scrutiny Committee or Commission.
Minutes: There were no requests for call-in to consider. |
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Children's Trust - Enjoy and Achieve Partnership PDF 74 KB Additional documents: Minutes: We welcomed four pupils from Dogsthorpe Junior School to the meeting who talked about their roles as Anti-Bullying Ambassadors and the work being done at the school to prevent and deal with bullying.
The Assistant Director of Learning and Skills presented the report which detailed the work undertaken by the Enjoy and Achieve Partnership (EAP), which was one of the Every Child Matters Outcome Groups which underpinned the Children’s Trust.
One of the key priorities of the EAP was to improve outcomes for the three cross-cutting themes of bullying, community cohesion and Minority Ethnic New Arrivals. The EAP had the lead for equality and diversity, including community cohesion, play and anti-bullying and strong policies and partnerships were being developed for all of those areas. The BRAVE Strategy was impacting on bullying outcomes as evidenced through the results of the Health-Related Behaviour and the Tellus Surveys. The EAP were currently looking at how bullying data could be collected from schools on a regular and consistent basis.
A recent report in the Evening Telegraph had highlighted the increasing number of bullying incidents in Peterborough schools but this needed to be looked at in context. Officers were looking at how bullying was defined by both children and staff and they were also working with schools to ensure that any incidents were dealt with straight away. The important impact of BRAVE was that children would have the confidence to tell a responsible adult if they suspected bullying and that any incident of bullying was dealt with quickly and effectively. The BRAVE Strategy was led by a multi-agency group and a competition had been won by Watergall School to design a strategy leaflet. A big challenge was the growth of cyberspace bullying and the Council had received additional funding to focus on this area.
Dogsthorpe Junior School was the first school in Peterborough to have Anti-Bullying Ambassadors and four pupils from the school spoke to the Committee about their role and answered questions.
Observations and questions were raised around the following areas:
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Presentation of 2010 Examination Results, EYFS to Key Stage 4 PDF 186 KB Minutes: The Assistant Director of Learning and Skills gave a presentation on the 2010 examination results.
Children’s Services were celebrating some very good exam results this year. The Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results for achievement had improved again and we had already met our 2011 LAA target, although we were not narrowing the gap significantly and this would be a focus for 2010-11. Our 2009 KS 1 results had been the best ever and we had been top in the country for improvement between 2008 and 2009. Although we did not maintain this dramatic improvement in 2010, results were relatively secure and we were now seeing noticeable improvements in the higher levels. KS2 data was still very unreliable and very un-validated and we did not know nationally what would happen to results for schools that had boycotted the tests; early results were a slight decline on last year. KS3 data was now based on teacher assessment but still remained a key indicator of progress between KS2 – 4; 2010 KS3 assessment data showed a decline from last year. The KS4 GCSE results were the best ever for the second year running. We were still below our ambitious LAA target but determined to achieve that target by 2010-11. Results at A level also improved slightly on last year and would be reported on in May 2011, although we were reviewing A Level provision across our school sixth forms this year.
Early Years Foundation Stage
These results were teacher-led, based on the observation of children in a number of areas within Reception classes (children are 5 years old).
In 2010 there was a +3% improvement (compared to +5% in 2009) and we had narrowed the gap (but only by 0.1%) but were still a long way away from our challenging LAA target of -6%. We had improved in all areas making up the National Indicators (NIs).
Key Stage 1
These were classroom assessments in reading, writing, mathematics and science, taken by children in Year 2, aged 7. The expected level of attainment for KS1 was Level 2 (L2).
The 2010 results showed a mixed picture but we had largely sustained the 2009 outcomes and had maintained significant increases over a 3 year period:
- L2 – declined in all 3 areas by 1-2%, the best area was maths, -2% from national - L2b – improved by +2% (girls had significant improvement (+4 and +5%), although boys’ declined, especially in maths - L3 – sustained last years results
Key Stage 2
These were externally set tests in English, mathematics and science, taken by children in Year 6, aged 11. These tests were externally marked and results were nationally validated although 26% of all schools nationally boycotted these tests this year. The expected level of attainment was Level 4 (L4) and for pupils to have made 2 levels’ progress between KS1 and KS2 tests.
For 2010 current figures showed small declines of -1% at L4 and -2% at L5 in maths.
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Draft Personal Relationships Policy PDF 52 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Assistant Director for Social Care presented the report which provided an updated version of the Personal Relationships Policy. The revised Policy had taken into account the comments made previously by the Scrutiny Committee in addition to comments made by other parties involved in the consultation process.
The final draft would be presented to NHS Peterborough's Board in November 2010 for approval and procedural guidance, training and support would then be developed to support the launch and implementation of the Policy.
Observations and questions were raised around the following areas:
ACTION AGREED
To accept the Personal Relationships Policy in principle, subject to any further comments the Chair has on the Policy. |
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Additional documents: Minutes: Felicity Schofield, Chair of the Peterborough Safeguarding Children Board (PSCB) presented the Annual Report and Business Plan of the PSCB.
In March 2010, the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 introduced a requirement for Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) to produce and publish an annual report. The report was required to demonstrate the extent to which the functions of the LSCB were being effectively discharged. It provided an assessment of the effectiveness of local arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, recognised the achievements and progress that had been made in the local authority area as well as providing a realistic assessment of the challenges that still remained.
The strategic priorities for the PSCB had been streamlined for 2009 - 10 in light of the establishment of the Children's Trust and in order to form a more realistic basis for development. The priorities were:
Observations and questions were raised around the following areas:
ACTION AGREED
To note the Peterborough Safeguarding Children Board Annual Report 2009/10 and Business Plan 2010/11. |
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Progress Report on Children's Service Development Plan PDF 51 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Executive Director of Children’s Services presented the report which detailed the progress made in addressing the recommendations made by Ofsted following their recent inspection of Safeguarding and Children in Care services.
Observations and questions were raised around the following areas:
ACTION AGREED
(i) To note the progress made in addressing the recommendations made by Ofsted following their inspection of Safeguarding and Children in Care services; and (ii) That the next report included analysis of referrals and contacts since April 2010.
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Forward Plan of Key Decisions PDF 44 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The latest version of the Forward Plan, showing details of the key decisions that the Leader of the Council believed the Cabinet or individual Cabinet Members would be making over the next four months, was received.
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To note the latest version of the Forward Plan. |
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Minutes: We considered the Work Programme for 2010/11.
It was agreed to add the following to the work programme:
ACTION AGREED
To confirm the work programme for 2010/11.
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Date of Next Meeting 15 November 2010 Minutes: Monday 15 November 2010 at 7pm |