Agenda

Notice of a public meeting of

Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

 

To:

Councillors Barbara Brodigan (Chair), Heather Phillips (Vice-Chair), Alyson Baker, Stephanie Duckett, Nathan Hull, George Jabbour, David Jeffels, Janet Jefferson, Tom Jones, Cliff Lunn, John Mann, Yvonne Peacock, Kirsty Poskitt, John Ritchie, Monika Slater, Dave Whitfield

Added Members: Tom Cavell-Taylor, Emma Higgins, Anna Kirkham, Stephen Maltby, David  Sharp, Andrew Smith, Ross Strachan and David Watson.

Date:

Tuesday, 26th September, 2023

Time:

10.00 am

Venue:

Stone Cross, Rotary Way, Northallerton, DL6 2UU

 

PLEASE NOTE:

 

Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer, whose details are below, if you would like to find out more.

 

This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting.

 

Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public, please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings, a copy of which is available.  Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Democratic Services Officer. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

 

 

NOTE: This Agenda was updated on 19th September 2023 to

 incorporate Agenda Item 8, which had been marked “To follow”

 

Business

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1.  

Welcome by the Chair

 

 

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2.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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3.  

Minutes of the Meeting held on 23rd June 2023

 

(Pages 5 - 14)

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4.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.

 

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5.  

Public Participation

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Patrick Duffy of Democratic and Scrutiny Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Thursday 21st September 2023, three working days before the day of the meeting.  Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item.  Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:-

·            at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes);

·            when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

 

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6.  

Chair's remarks

 

 

Any correspondence, communication or other business brought forward by the direction of the Chair of the Committee. 

 

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7.  

School Closures and Governance, Briefing - Assistant Director, Education and Skills, Assistant Director, Strategic Resources and Strategic Planning Manager

 

(Pages 15 - 52)

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8.  

Adult Learning and Skills Service - Assistant Director, Education and Skills and Shared Head of Adult Learning and Education and Skills

 

(Pages 53 - 66)

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9.  

Child Death Overview Panel, Annual Report, 2022/2023 - Chair of the Child Death Overview Panel

 

(Pages 67 - 74)

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10.  

Work Programme - Principal Democratic Services Scrutiny Officer

 

(Pages 75 - 78)

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11.  

Any Other Items

 

 

Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances

 

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12.  

Date of Next Meeting - Friday 8th December 2023 at 10.00 a.m. Venue: County Hall, Northallerton

 

 

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Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations to address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports

 

 

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Contact Details:

 

For enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Patrick Duffy, Principal Democratic Services Officer. Tel:  01609 534546 Or email Patrick.Duffy@northyorks.gov.uk

Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk

 

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

 

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Monday, 18 September 2023

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