Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Strategic Director People.

The Committee considered a report of the Strategic Director – People relating to the reporting of performance across Children and Family Services.

The Committee had previously supported the establishment of a scorecard which focussed primarily on the 82 national Indicators which were reported upon by Children and Family Services.

The Children and Families team had undertaken work to evaluate performance following the quarter 3 period (October – December2009) which had identified a number of high risk indicators where there were concerns that targets over the year may not be met.

The paper highlighted the 13 high risk performance indicators and outlined actions planned which were:

NI 45               EET and young people who offend

NI 59               Initial assessments carried out within 7 days

NI 60               % if core assessments carried out within 35 days

NI 64               Duration on the child protection register

NI 68               % of referrals going on to initial assessment

NI 87               Secondary PA rate

NI 99               Cared for Children reaching Level 4 in English at KS2

NI 100             Cared for Children reaching Level 4 in Mathematics at KS2

NI 101             Cared for Children achieving 5A*-C or equivalent at KS4

                        Including English and Maths

NI 102 a&b     Achievement Gap FSM v Non FSM

NI 112             Under 18 Conception rate

NI 117             16-18 NEET

An additional sheet was circulated detailing the percentage of inspected service providers judged to be outstanding/Good/satisfactory/inadequate for the period covered by quarter 3.

The Head of Services Children and Families answered members’ questions in respect of each of the 13 high risk performance indicators.

RESOLVED – That the actions listed in Appendix A of the report to address key areas of underperformance be endorsed