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CEF Portfolio Holder Plan - Q3 - 2022-23

Meeting: 14/03/2023 - Children, Education and Families Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee (Item 66)

66 Children, Education and Families Portfolio Plan – 2022/23 Q3 Update pdf icon PDF 309 KB

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Minutes:

Report CEF23009

 

The report presented the Children, Education and Families Portfolio Plan Quarter 2 update for the 2022/23 financial year.

 

In responding to Members’ questions, the Director of Education advised that 82% of eligible children aged 2-years took up funded Early Years places which was well above the London and National averages and that work to raise awareness of this entitlement was ongoing.  National offer day for secondary schools for the 2023/24 academic year had taken place on 1 March 2023 and the proportion of Bromley children securing their first choice of school had been in line with and in some cases exceeded that of other London Boroughs. 

 

Another Member raised a significant concern about Bromley SEND annual visits in Bromley primary schools and the Director of Children, Education and Families thanked the Member for bringing this matter to his attention.  Work was being undertaken to address this matter with the affected school as well as to identify whether there were any other Bromley schools which had experienced a similar issue, and it was underlined that the Local Authority worked closely with Bromley schools to resolve issues, including via the Schools’ and Head Teacher’s Forums as well as the SEN Governance Board.  The Committee agreed to undertake a deep dive of Education, Health and Care Plans at its meeting on 13 September 2023.

 

RESOLVED: The progress on actions associated with the Children, Education and Families Portfolio Plan be noted.