Issue - meetings

Date of next meeting: 22 January 2024.

Update on the Champions Model

The meeting heard that discussion would be held with Champions on having a Corporate Parenting Week. The meeting agreed that this would go ahead in the new year.

LAC Sufficiency Strategy

An update on this would be provided by the C&YPS Commissioner in January 2024

Educational Results of Children in care

The meeting heard that in relation to key stage two data, regarding reading writing and maths, the borough attained 42.9% accepted standards A comparison to last year showed a significant improvement. Reading was recorded at 57.1%, maths was at 71.4%. The strongest areas performance was maths and Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. The Council had invested in Letterbox, a service which helped improve reading.

For GCSEs, there were 51-year 11s who were eligible for exams. For maths there were seven young people, Grade 7 and above. English Literature had twelve young people Grade 4 and above. English Language had seven young people Grade 4 and above. Science had eight young people Grade 4 Four and above. There needed to be a closer monitoring of young people at Key Stage 4.

For university destination, there were 46 heading to university. There were 11 currently in their first year, 14 in their second year and 16 in their second year. The Committee welcomed this news. 

IRO Annual Report and First Quarter Update

Mr Nazim Hussain, IRO Service Manager, introduced a presentation on the item. He provided an overview of the annual report. The meeting heard an update of progress from the last annual report, child participation in reviews, feedback received from participants, the post OFSTED action plan, the use of the dispute resolution policy and the IRO priorities for 2023/24.