EDUCATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE LONG LEARNING

SELECT COMMITTEE

PLANNED PROGRAMME OF WORK

Raising education standards and promoting lifelong learning

PURPOSE

To achieve efficient and effective overview and scrutiny by means of a planned programme of work.

CHAIRMAN VICE - CHAIRMAN

Cllr J Howe Cllr Mrs B D Clough

ROLE

To review and/or scrutinise decisions made or actions taken relating to the areas of work covered by the Committee

To make reports and/or recommendations to the full Council and/or the Executive

To consider any matter affecting the area or its inhabitants relating to the areas of work covered by the Committee

SCOPE

The Council’s role as Local Education Authority

Sports Development and promotion

Libraries, Museums, Archives

Ventnor Botanic Garden

Theatres and the Arts

Dual use facilities

Social Inclusion Strategy

Best Value Review 1999/2000 (pilot)

Home to School Transport (jointly with Environment and Transport)

Best Value Reviews 2000/01

Client Services (Education Planning and Resources)

Best Value Reviews 2001/02

Education Services for Children with Special Needs (jointly with Social Services)

Best Value Reviews 2002/03

Youth and Community Services

Education – Community Development

Service Plans

Planning and Resources

Community Development

Educational Effectiveness and Life Long Learning

Other Strategic Documents and Plans Next Review (to be advised)

Externally Required Plan – Directorate Led

Education Development Plan - reviewed 2002

Early Years Development Plan and Childcare Plan (Children and

Young Persons Committee)

Adult Learning Plan – reviewed 2002

Class Size Plan

ICT Plan including NGfl

Literacy Plan

Numeracy Plan

Behaviour Support Plan (Children and Young Persons Committee)

Asset Management Plan

School Organisation Plan

Annual Library Plan

Connexions Service Plan

Governor Support Plan

Local Cultural Strategy

Youth & Community Plan

Section 52 Documentation

Social Inclusion Strategy – reviewed 2002

Externally Required Plans – Partner Led

Local Learning Partnership

Quality Protects

Children’s Services Plan (Children and Young Persons Committee)

Health Improvement Plan

Select Committee Membership of Working Parties and Task Groups

Task Groups 2001/02	Membership	Lead Officer
Sport Action Zones	Cllrs Adams, Foster, Hancock (Chairman), Howe, Mellor, Stephens	Lee Matthews
Cultural Strategy (jointly with Economic Development)	t.b.c	John Metcalfe
Education Development Plan	t.b.c	David Pettitt

Children and Young Persons Committee – Terms of Reference

Purpose

To enable Elected Members to examine, analyse and ensure the Council's performance as a corporate parent to agreed objectives and performance indicators in relation to Looked After Children and Children in Need.

To undertake policy development reviews and scrutiny of areas of significant joint working between the Education and Social Services Directorates on behalf of the relevant Select Committees.

To report on the performance and progress to the Executive for approval of strategic direction, priority and resourcing of these activities and services.

Remit

Where referred by the relevant Select Committee, to look in detail at the work of the authority against the government and Local targets for improving the life chances of children ‘Looked After’ or ‘In need’ using qualitative evidence and quantative data, together with information from young people themselves with regard to:

• Looked After Children, and in particular those for whom being cared for long term or placed for adoption

• all those children and young people defined under the Children Act (1989) as Children in Need:

* children and young people leaving our care

* children with disabilities and special needs

* child protection and child safety

* young offenders

To review the performance of the Council in relation to its policy objectives and performance targets affecting service delivery to children and young people (up to the age of 25)

To maintain a workplan setting out a rolling programme of work that it intends to pursue subject to the approval of the relevant Select Committees.

Membership

To be made up of Members from Social Services, Housing and Benefits and Education, Community Development and Life Long Learning Select Committees on the basis of political proportionality together with one co-opted member from the Education, Community Development and Lifelong Learning Select Committee.

DRAFT

SCHEDULE OF PLANNED BUSINESS (as at 2 August 2002)

EDUCATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE LONG LEARNING SELECT COMMITTEE

Officers are reminded that copies of reports for Select Committees should be sent in electronic format to

Committee Services 10 working days before the planned meeting date. Agendas will normally be dispatched 7 working

days before the meeting.

DATE OF MEETING	SUBSTANTIVE AGENDA ITEMS	INVITEES
8 July 2002	Budget Update Children and Young People’s Committee Sport Action Zones Truancy and Exclusion	Andrew King Paul Thistlewood Paul Thistlewood David Pettitt
12 August 2002 12 August 2002 cont.	Theatres To hold a scrutiny session on Ryde and Shanklin Theatres. Stakeholders will be invited to give evidence to the Committee. Annual Library Plan To consider the Annual Library Plan and make recommendations to the Executive Select Committee Workplan To consider and approve the Select Committee’s workplan Transport to and from School for Children in Public Care To consider proposals that the Directorates of Education and Social Services share the costs of providing transport for children in public care and make recommendations to the Executive.	John Metcalfe Tim Blackmore Select Committee Support Rob Faulkner
? August 2002 date t.b.c	Service Plans/Performance Indicators To consider section 11 of the service plans and recommend changes, priorities areas for further scrutiny and monitor delivery of previous service improvement targets	David Pettitt/Kim Johnson/John Metcalfe
9 September 2002 NB: OUTSIDE VENUE T.B.C	Ventnor Botanic Gardens To review the management structure of Ventnor Botanic Garden to secure its long-term development. This will include a review of the catering facilities Dinosaur Isle To review the success of Dinosaur Isle after the first year of opening. Changes in Admissions Policy in Special Schools t.b.c To consider proposed changes in Admissions Policy and make recommendations to the Executive Connexions Service To receive a briefing on the new Connexions Service	John Metcalfe, Simon Goodenough, Friends of the Botanic Gardens John Metcalfe David Pettitt Anne Hendon-John
14 October 2002	Budget To monitor the capital and revenue budgets Review of Post-14 Education To consider the draft consultation paper. Stakeholders and partners will be invited to attend Sport Action Zones To receive details of the outcome of the Island’s application to become a Sports Action Zone	Andrew King/Andy Seaward David Pettitt Lee Matthews
11 November 2002 NB OUTSIDE VENUE T.B.C	Dual Use of School Premises To hold a scrutiny session on the dual use of school premises. Stakeholders will be invited to give evidence to the Select Committee. Service Plans/Budget 2003 To consider the new format service plans in the light of budget strategy options. To consider the budget implications of the draft Best Value Review reports on Youth and Community Services and Community Development. The final Best Value Review reports will be considered in detail at the December meeting. To make recommendations to the Executive	David Pettitt David Pettitt/Kim Johnson/John Metcalfe
2 December 2002	Youth and Community Services Best Value Review To consider the final Best Value Review report and make recommendations to the Executive Community Development Best Value Review To consider the final Best Value Review report and make recommendations to the Executive School Performance Standards/Key Stage Results To consider the 2002 examination results Social Inclusion Strategy To undertake an annual review of the Social Inclusion Strategy	George Weech John Metcalfe David Pettitt David Pettitt
? January 2003 ? January 2003 cont.	Budget 2003 To consider Executive budget proposals/options Cultural Strategy To consider the draft Cultural Strategy and make recommendations to the Executive. Connexions To review the delivery of the new Connexions service. Stakeholders will be invited to attend.	David Pettitt/Kim Johnson/John Metcalfe John Metcalfe David Pettitt/Anne Hendon-John