Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Strategic Director People on the interim arrangements for the reporting of performance across Children & Families Services

The Committee considered a report of the Strategic Director People outlining interim arrangements for reporting performance across Children and Families Services.

Currently a performance score card was being trialled showing key priority areas matched against National Indicators, progress data against each priority, explanatory commentary and actions required with timescales and staff responsibility.

A Performance Steering Group was to be formed to look at ways of aligning Children and Families Service’s performance systems with those across other parts of the service.  The report showed the current score card that was being used in the interim and two other formats – an excel structure giving data for Looked After Children and a format used by Salford City Council which was felt to be an example of good practice.

RESOLVED:  That

(a) the current arrangements using the interim score card be supported;

(b) for any future performance score card the Committee would support the following approach:

      An explanatory commentary to show the story behind the figures;

      Include action to be taken along with relevant responsible officer;

      Colours used to be easy to look at and not too bright;

      Consistent use of either percentages or figures within the same category;

(c) a presentation be made to the next meeting of the Committee on the new Ofsted framework.