Agenda

Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children's Services and Safeguarding) - Tuesday 18th March, 2025 6.30 pm

Venue: Committee Room - Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE. View directions

Contact: Laura Bootland  Senior Democratic Services Officer

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

Members are requested at a meeting where a disclosable pecuniary interest or personal interest arises, which is not already included in their Register of Members' Interests, todeclare any interests that relate to an item on the agenda.

 

Where a Member discloses a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, he/she must withdraw from the meeting room, including from the public gallery, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest, except where he/she is permitted to remain as a result of a grant of a dispensation.

 

Where a Member discloses a personal interest he/she must seek advice from the Monitoring Officer or staff member representing the Monitoring Officer to determine whether the Member should withdraw from the meeting room, including from the public gallery, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest or whether the Member can remain in the meeting or remain in the meeting and vote on the relevant decision.

 

3.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 259 KB

Minutes of the meeting held on 28 January 2025.

4.

Public Question Time

5.

Cabinet Member Update Report pdf icon PDF 356 KB

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer

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6.

Children's Services Complaints Annual Report and Transformation Programme Update pdf icon PDF 290 KB

Report of the Executive Director of Children’s Services.

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7.

Children's Services Improvement Programme

To receive a verbal update from the Executive Director of Children’s Services.

 

8.

Quality Assurance and Practice Improvement Report pdf icon PDF 518 KB

Report of the Assistant Director, Safeguarding, Review and Quality Assurance.

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9.

SEND Strategy 2025-2028 pdf icon PDF 291 KB

Report of the Assistant Director, Education Excellence.

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10.

Ofsted inspections and Education Score Card pdf icon PDF 385 KB

Report of the Assistant Director, Education Excellence.

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11.

SEND Update March 2025 pdf icon PDF 273 KB

Report of the Assistant Director, Education Excellence.

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12.

Work Programme Key Decision Forward Plan pdf icon PDF 300 KB

Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer

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13.

Public Engagement and Consultation Panel Annual Report 2024 pdf icon PDF 337 KB

Report of the Assistant Director - Strategic Support

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