Location: Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Reading

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Items for consideration in public session

ItemDescriptionWard AffectedReport PDF link
1DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests they may have in relation to the items for consideration.

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2MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF THE ADULT SOCIAL CARE, CHILDREN'S SERVICES AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE HELD ON 5 MARCH AND 24 APRIL 2014
NAItem 2 Mins 5 Mar 2014 (50KB)
Item 2 Mins 24 Apr 2014 (24KB)
3MINUTES OF OTHER BODIES

Children’s Safeguarding Panel – 27 February 2014
Children’s Trust Partnership Board – 8 April 2014

NAItem 3 Mins 27 Feb 2014 (41KB)
Item 3 Mins 8 Apr 2014 (54KB)
4PETITIONS

Petitions submitted pursuant to Standing Order 36 in relation to matters falling within the Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been received by Head of Legal & Democratic Services no later than four clear working days before the meeting.

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5QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND COUNCILLORS

Questions submitted pursuant to Standing Order 36 in relation to matters falling within the Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been submitted in writing and received by the Head of Legal & Democratic Services no later than four clear working days before the meeting.

NAQuestion (17KB)
6DECISION BOOK REFERENCES

To consider any requests received by the Monitoring Officer pursuant to Standing Order 42, for consideration of matters falling within the Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been the subject of Decision Book reports.

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7PRESENTATION - URGENT CARE AND A&E

A presentation by Cathy Winfield, Chief Officer, Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Federation.

Boroughwide
8UPDATE ON CHANGES TO SEN PROVISION 2014 - 16

Further to the meeting of the Adult Social Care, Children’s Services and Education Committee meeting on 24 April 2014 a report providing the Committee with an update on the changes to Special Education Needs provision 2014-2016.

Boroughwide
Item 8 (39KB)
Item 8 App I (199KB)
Item 8 App II (206KB)
9SAFEGUARDING ACTIVITY REPORT - Quarter Four (Jan - Mar 2014)

A report providing the Committee with an update of the key activity areas within Children’s Social Care and related services between January and the end of March 2014.

Note: This report has been written by Karen Reeve, former Head of Children’s Services, and will be presented by Vicki Lawson, Interim Head of Children’s Services.

Boroughwide
Item 9 (149KB)
Item 9 App I (40KB)
10INTRODUCTION OF UNIVERSAL INFANT FREE SCHOOL MEALS

A report outlining the steps, and costs involved in ensuring that infant age children will receive a hot free school meal from September 2014.

Boroughwide
Item 10 (40KB)
11NEW EARLY EDUCATION/CHILDCARE PLACES FOR TWO YEAR OLDS IN READING

A report providing the Committee with an update on progress to date of new early education/childcare places for two year olds in the Borough and seeking approval on the principles of funding on quality measures and the proposals to develop further work with Schools in Reading.

Boroughwide
Item 11 (69KB)
12ANNUAL ADOPTION REPORT 2013-2014

A report outlining the work carried out by the Adoption Service from 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.

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Item 12 (136KB)
13ACCESS TO SCHOOLS FOR SEPTEMBER 2014

A report outlining the allocation of places to pupils starting school in September 2014 in either primary (year R (Reception)) or secondary (year 7) on the national offer day which gives rise to the published statistics and asking the Committee to note the position on 16 June 2014 after the normal turbulence and a stream of late applications.

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Item 13 (30KB)
14ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - CQC INSPECTION

Please see the link below to the Care Quality Commission website where the report detailing the findings of the CQC inspection of the Royal Berkshire Hospital carried out from 24 – 26 March 2014 can be found:

http://www.cqc.org.uk/location/RHW01

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