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NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee Draft Committee Work Programme 2025/2026
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SCOPE OF THE COMMITTEE · The interests of young people, including education, care and protection and family support |
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Meeting dates · Scheduled Committee Meetings: 18 June 2025, 17 September 2025, 17 December 2025, 25 March 2026 in person. · Scheduled Mid Cycle Briefings: 1 April 2025, 5 August 2025, 17 November 2025, 19 January 2026 via Teams.
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Meeting |
Subject |
Aims/Terms of Reference |
Report |
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Wednesday 18 June 2025 |
Young People’s Champion Annual Report 2024/2025 |
To receive the annual report |
Cllr Alyson Baker (Young People’s Champion) |
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Minority Inclusion Support |
Update on the Minority Inclusion Support provided by North Yorkshire Council |
Barbara Merrygold (Head of Early Help) |
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill |
Summary of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and implications for North Yorkshire Council |
Stuart Carlton (Corporate Director) |
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Wednesday 17 September 2025 |
Performance Monitoring Data |
Bi-annual summary of the latest Children and Families performance report |
Alice Fox (Senior Scrutiny Officer) |
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Foster Care Update |
Number of children in care and of foster carers |
Mel Hutchinson (Assistant Director Children and Families) Rosie Appleby (Head of Placement Support) |
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Adoption Update |
Adoption Processes and Support |
Mel Hutchinson (Assistant Director, Children and Families) Rosie Appleby (Head of Placement Support) |
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Discussion on the home to school transport policy post implementation review (PIR) |
A briefing on the outline of the post implementation review (PIR) |
Amanda Fielding (Assistant Director, Inclusion) |
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Child Death Overview Panel Annual Report 2024/2025 |
To receive the annual report |
Anita Dobson (Chair of the Child Death Overview Panel) |
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Wednesday 17 December 2025 |
North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report 2024/2025 |
Summary of North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report 2024/2025 |
Heather Pearson (Chair of NYSCP and Independent Scrutineer) |
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AI and how North Yorkshire Council is utilising AI techniques |
Summary of how Children and Young People’s Services utilise AI and what the future looks like |
Jonny Hoyle (Development Lead Child Permanence) |
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SEND Update |
Progress update of the SEND action plan |
Amanda Newbold (Assistant Director, Inclusion) Chris Reynolds |
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SEND Employment Forum |
Update on the SEND Employment Forum |
Amanda Newbold (Assistant Director, Inclusion)
Chris
Reynolds |
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Wednesday 25 March 2026 |
School Attendance Update |
Update on attendance and exclusion of primary and secondary school children in North Yorkshire |
Amanda Newbold (Assistant Director |
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North Yorkshire SACRE Annual Report 2024/2025 |
Annual update to the committee |
Julie Pattison (Principal Adviser Monitoring, School Improvement Team) |
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Performance Monitoring Data |
Bi-annual summary of the latest Children and Families performance report |
Alice Fox (Senior Scrutiny Officer) |
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Tuesday 1 April 2025, 11am-12pm (in respect of the Committee meeting on 18 June 2025) |
To be determined
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Tuesday 5 August 2025, 10-11am (in respect of the Committee meeting on 17 September 2025) |
To be determined |
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Monday 17 November 2025, 3-4pm (in respect of the Committee meeting on 17 December 2025) |
To be determined |
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Monday 19 January 2026, 10-11am (in respect of the Committee meeting on 25 March 2026) |
To discuss draft work programme for 2026/27 |
Mid Cycle Briefings are attended by the Chair, Vice Chair and Group Spokespersons only.
Please note that the work programme is under continuous review and items may be rescheduled several times during the year.