Agenda

To note any apologies for absence from Members.

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

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the previous meeting held on 9 June 2025.

In accordance with paragraph 2.24 of the Council’s Committee Procedure Rules and Appendix on Public Speaking, set out in the Constitution, a total period of 15 minutes is allocated for members of the public to put questions to the committee on any matter relating to this agenda. Each member of the public will be allowed up to two minutes each to speak, and the Chair will have discretion to vary this where they consider it appropriate.

Members of the public wishing to speak are required to provide notice of this at least three clear working days’ in advance of the meeting.

Petitions - To receive any petitions which have met the criteria - Petitions Scheme Criteria, and falls within the remit of the Committee. Petition organisers will be allowed up to three minutes to speak.

To consider a report on the review, consultation and engagement by the council of the domestic abuse safe accommodation service, and the new Domestic Abuse and Sexual Abuse Strategy 2025/28.

To consider a report which provides an update on the recommissioning activity approved at Committee in June, to provide oversight of the agreed service model and to seek authorisation to follow a competitive tender process and award the successful provider(s) the Supported Accommodation contract from 1st July 2026.

To consider a report on the first financial review for year 2025/26.

To receive feedback on the work of the Families First Elected Members Task and Finish Group.

To provide an update on progress against the children’s services improvement plan to address the findings from the Ofsted inspection of local authority children’s services (ILACS) conducted in February and March 2024. This also includes the findings from the second Ofsted monitoring visit in June 2025, and the findings from the councillor visits to frontline services which took place in July 2025.

To receive an update of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) management plan for the period 2025/26 to 2031/32 to reflect the financial outturn position and the reduced growth of Education, Health and Care plans (EHCP) numbers as at 31 March 2025.

To consider the Work Programme and determine any required amendments.

To note the minutes of the Cared for Children and Care Leavers Committee meeting held on 4 March 2025 and 24 June 2025.

To consider a report on the proposal to progress with the free school presumption process to open a new primary school in Basford East, Shavington, including the process of attracting potential sponsors to run the new school.

The reports relating to the remaining items on the agenda have been withheld from public circulation and deposit pursuant to Section 100(B)(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the matters may be determined with the press and public excluded. The Committee may decide that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items pursuant to Section 100(A)4 of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 and public interest would not be served in publishing the information.

To consider the confidential appendix to the report.