Agenda

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 5 August 2020.

To provide an opportunity for Members and Officers to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in any item on the agenda.

To provide an opportunity for Members to declare the existence of a party whip in relation to any item on the agenda

A total period of 15 minutes is allocated for members of the public to make a statement(s) on any matter that falls within the remit of the Committee. Individual members of the public may speak for up to 5 minutes, but the Chairman will decide how the period of time allocated for public speaking will be apportioned, where there are a number of speakers.

Members of the public wishing to make a statement should provide notice in writing at least three clear working days before the meeting takes place.

To receive a verbal update of an anonymised child or young person’s story.

To agree the report of the committee’s spotlight review on Children’s Mental Health Services, undertaken on 24 February 2020.

To receive a verbal update.

To consider a report on the interim arrangements for Inspections of Local Authority Children’s Services (ILACS) and Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) Inspections following a pause in inspections due to Covid-19.

To receive an update on the future development work for Children’s Services.

To receive an update on progress following the Ofsted Standard Inspection of Local Authority Children’s Services (ILACS) undertaken in November 2019.

To consider two updates in respect of SEND:

(1)  An update on progress made against the recommendations put to Cabinet in the SEND Reforms Task and Finish Group report, and

(2)  A progress update following agreement of the Written Statement of Action, in preparation for the SEND revisit.

To give consideration to the areas of the forward plan which fall within the remit of the Committee.

To give consideration to the work programme.