Issue - meetings

The Trust received a report that provided an overview of progress made in relation to the JAR Action Plan since the previous meeting.

It was noted that there had been a downturn in performance against the completion of Core Assessments and it was reported that this was due to a greater emphasis on quality.

The Trust was advised that the recent Ofsted assessment had found that whilst good progress had been made in some areas, there had not been sufficient progress in other areas and therefore the report concluded that overall, limited progress had been made.

It was noted that the timetable attached to the JAR Action Plan had slipped slightly and that this had largely been due to the backlog of cases, which was far greater than originally estimated. The refreshed JAR Action Plan took account of this and progress would be reviewed again by Ofsted in January 2010.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.