Issue - meetings

Report of the Executive Director of Children’s Social Care and Education.

The Committee considered the report of the Executive Director of Children’s Social Care and Education updating on recent Ofsted Inspection Reports and the work of the School Improvement Team.

The following schools had been inspected and reports received during the Spring term of 2022:

·       Litherland High School;

·       Waterloo Primary School;

·       Bedford Primary School;

·       Maghull High School;

·       Woodlands Primary School;

·       Range High School; and

·       Our Lady of Walsingham RC Primary School.

A Summary of Ofsted Outcomes and Support during Spring 2022 was attached to the report.

Members of the Committee asked questions/raised issues on the following:

·       The role of the local authority in school improvement.

·       Feeder schools.

·       Views on academisation and the Archdiocese. A report could be provided on an event with Headteachers of Catholic High Schools.

·       The representatives of the Diocese and Archdiocese on the Committee.

RESOLVED: That

(1)      the report be noted;

(2)      the Head of Education be requested to submit a report of the event with Headteachers of Catholic High Schools to be held on 6 July 2022, particularly regarding views on academisation and the Archdiocese; and

(3)      a letter be forwarded to the representatives of the Diocese and Archdiocese on the Committee, requesting them to attend meetings.