Agenda and minutes
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Venue: Cabinet Room 'C' - The Duke of Lancaster Room, County Hall, Preston
Contact: Samantha Parker Tel: 01772 538221, Email sam.parker@lancashire.gov.uk
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County Councillor Joan Burrows replaced County Councillor Andrew Gardiner for this meeting.
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Apologies Minutes: Apologies were received from Janet Hamid.
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Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda. Minutes: None were disclosed.
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Minutes of the meeting held on 6 February 2019 PDF 65 KB Minutes: Resolved: The minutes from the meeting held on 6 February 2019 be confirmed and as an accurate record and signed by the Chair.
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Exclusions, Attendance, Transport and Elective Home Education PDF 116 KB Minutes: The Chair welcomed Steve Belbin, Interim Director of Education and Skills; Debbie Ormerod, Admission Manager; Frances Molloy, School Attendance and CME Lead; and Oliver Starkey, Head of Service, Public and Integrated Transport to the meeting.
The report presented provided an overview of the challenges around attendance and exclusions. It also provided information on children missing education and those who are educated at home. In addition, it provided details transport to Pupil Referral Units. Further to the report, a presentation was provided to the committee.
Attendance and Exclusions
It was reported that attendance rate in both primary and secondary schools were higher than the national average, while the exclusion rate in Lancashire was 2.25% above the national average. The committee was provided a breakdown of the exclusion figures from both primary and secondary schools by district, by permanent and temporary exclusions, and by the reasons for the exclusion.
In response to questions raised by members following this section of the presentation, the following information was provided:
The Chair requested further clarification on information within the report and the following were clarified:
Children Look After (CLA)
With regards to Children Looked After (CLA), the figures for the CLA for both primary and secondary schools who had been excluded were provided to the committee. It was noted that the number of CLA in secondary school is far greater than the number of CLA in primary school.
It was also reported that approximately 30% of all CLA exclusions have Special Educational Needs Disabilities (SEND).
Elective Home Education
With regards to Elective Home Education, it was reported that there were 1428 known children in Lancashire receiving home education and this number is continuing to rise. The statistics for the reasons why parents chose to home school their children were provided to the committee. However, it was noted that a reason was not provided by around 50% of ... view the full minutes text for item 4. |
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Update from the Chair Minutes: The Chair provided a verbal update to the committee and the following were noted:
Resolved: That the update be noted.
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Education Scrutiny Committee Work Programme 2018/19 PDF 81 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair presented to the committee the work programme for the remainder of the 2018/19 municipal year. It was noted that the committee is coming to an end of the current work programme for this municipal year.
Two potential topics was raised for a future meeting of the committee. These topics were:
i) Physical education levels in schools and how much is done within at-risk groups like pupil with disabilities; and ii) Variations of the work done on school places.
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Urgent Business An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency. Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading. Minutes: There were no items of Urgent Business.
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Date of the Next Meeting The next scheduled meeting of the Committee is due to be held at 10.30am on the 18 June 2019 in Cabinet Room 'C' at County Hall, Preston.
Minutes: The next meeting of the Education Scrutiny Committee will take place on 18 June 2019 at 10.30am in Cabinet Room C at County Hall, Preston.
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