Agenda

Members and officers must declare any pecuniary or personalinterest in any business on the agenda. They should also make declarations at any stage such an interest becomes apparent during the meeting. Consideration should be given to leaving the meeting if the nature of the interest warrants it.  If in doubt please contact Democratic Services before the meeting.

Items not on the agenda which the Chairman of the meeting is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances, including cases where the Committee needs to be informed of budgetary or performance issues affecting matters within its terms of reference, which have emerged since the publication of the agenda.

The Committee is asked to agree the minutes of the meeting held on 12 June 2024 (cream paper).

The Committee is asked to note the responses to recommendations made at recent meetings.

Report by Interim Director of Children, Young People and Learning.

The Committee is asked to assess the outcomes of the public consultation on proposals to make Millais Secondary School, Horsham, a co-educational provision and provide comments to the Cabinet Member ahead of a decision being made on the next steps.

Report by Interim Director for Children, Young People and Learning.

The Committee is asked to assess the role of the Educational Psychology services in the delivery of the SEND Improvement Plan.

Report by Director of Finance and Support Services, setting out the finance and performance position as at the end of June 2024.

The Committee is asked to examine the County Council’s corporate performance, finance, savings, delivery and business performance for the services within the remit of this Committee for the period April-June 2024.

There have been no requests for call-in to the Scrutiny Committee within its constitutional remit since the date of the last meeting.  The Director of Law and Assurance will report any requests since the publication of the agenda papers.

The Committee is asked to agree its draft work programme (Appendix A) in accordance with the scrutiny checklist attached (Appendix B) and highlight any further possible items for future scrutiny.

The Committee is also asked to review the Forward Plan entries relevant to its remit (Appendix C) and consider whether it wishes to enquire about any of the forthcoming decisions within its portfolio.

The next meeting of the Committee will be held on 20 November 2024 at 10.30 am at County Hall, Chichester.  Probable agenda items include:

·       Performance and Resources Report – Q2 2024-25

·       SEND Improvement Plan - Sufficiency of SEND Places

·       Adult Learning

·       Scrutiny of any Budgetary Implications

Any member wishing to place an item on the agenda for the meeting must notify the Director of Law and Assurance by Friday 8 November.