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Contact: Michelle Roberts (Scrutiny)
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Disclosure of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. Minutes: Personal Interest: Cllrs Susan Jones, David Helliwell, Steven Gallagher and Louise Gibbard |
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Notes and Conveners Letters PDF 131 KB 17 May 2018 and 7 June 2018 Additional documents:
Minutes: The letters and notes were received by the Panel |
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Proposed decision cabinet report for 19 July 2018 is
attached Additional documents:
Minutes: The Panel thanked
Cllr Raynor, Nick Williams, Mark Sheridan and Pam Cole for attending and
answering their questions on the future structure and delivery of the Ethnic
Minority Achievement Service (EMAU). The Panel support the
proposed decision and agree that Option 2 should be the preferred way forward
for the service. They believe that this
model will, given the current financial circumstances, provide the best balance
by retaining a small central team and then devolving the rest of the funds to
schools. Given this they would like to
stress the following points: ·
That
the impact of this on pupil attainment will need to be monitored closely by the
local authority and by individual schools. ·
That
the local authority and schools will, in the future, need to develop much wider
working relationships with, for example local communities, community groups and
the university in order to provide support and fill some of the language gaps
that are identified. ·
That
an audit of those organisations that currently provide support for, and/or
receive a grant for the ethnic minority support needs to be completed. This can then be used to build and develop
more resilience and support for those pupils who require it. ·
The
need to recognise that support goes beyond language needs ·
The
committee is concerned about the perceived lack of understanding demonstrated
by reps of WG ·
The
potential negative impact on the experiences of our children and young people
and their rights as outlined in the Children’s Measure and UNCRC is of concern.
With our greater understanding of the long term impact of adverse childhood
experiences- impact (positive or negative) must be measured/monitored beyond
the narrow parameters of what we currently measure as “attainment”. ·
We were pleased to hear that a similar approach carried out by
Cardiff in implementing an Option B type service has shown to be successful. The Panels views will be reported to the Cabinet meeting on the 19 July 2018 with a letter to the Cabinet Member to follow. |
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Work Programme 2018/2019. PDF 92 KB Minutes: The work programme was received by the Panel |
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