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Adult Social Care, Children's Services and Education Committee
Tuesday, 13th December, 2016 6.30 pm

13 December 2016 at 6:30pm in the Council Chamber

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Agenda [80kb]

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Agenda

Item	Description	Wards affected	Report
1.	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests they may have in relation to the items for consideration.
2.	MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE ADULT SOCIAL CARE, CHILDREN'S SERVICES AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE HELD ON 3 OCTOBER 2016		Item 2 [75kb]
3.	MINUTES OF OTHER BODIES - Children's Trust Partnership Board - 12 October 2016		Item 3 [117kb]
4.	PETITIONS 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.
5.	QUESTIONS 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.		Item 5 [52kb]
6.	DECISION 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.
7.	SCHOOLS OF SANCTUARY PROGRAMME A presentation by Reading Refugee Support Group	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 7 [7Mb]
8.	SCHOOL PERFORMANCE 2015-2016 A report providing the Committee with the provisional performance of schools in Reading for the academic year 2015-2016.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 8 [125kb]
9.	SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK A report providing the Committee with an overview on the framework that the School Improvement Team is undertaking to work with schools towards a self-improving school system.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 9 [291kb]
10.	EARLY YEARS SERVICE 2016/17 A report providing the Committee with an update on the priorities of the Early Years' Service 2016/17.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 10 [43kb]
11.	PROGRESS WITH RAISING YOUTH PARTICIPATION AND REDUCING NEET A report setting out the continued progress against the ambition to increase the participation of young people and reduce the published NEET statistics.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 11 [46kb]
12.	HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORT A report on the outcomes of the school transport consultation and to seek views on the proposed changes.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 12 [53kb]
13.	PROPOSED APPROACH TO SHORT BREAK AND DIRECT PAYMENT PROVISION A report outlining the proposed direction with regard to the provision of Short Break and direct payments for children and families of Reading who have disabilities and/or Special Educational Needs.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 13 [208kb]
14.	CHILDREN'S SERVICES LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROGRESS UPDATE A report providing the Committee with an update on the progress being made in implementing the Council's Improvement Plan, following the June 2016 Inspection of the Council's Services for children in need of help and protection, children looked after and care leavers.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 14 [83kb]
15.	READING LOCAL SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARD ANNUAL REPORT A report presenting the Committee with the Reading Local Safeguarding Children Board Annual Report.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 15 [1Mb]
16.	PROPOSAL TO REMODEL READING CHILDREN'S CENTRES A report providing the Committee with an outline of the Family Support and Children's Centre review.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 16 [628kb]
17.	HEALTH VISITORS/SCHOOL NURSE SERVICE OPTIONS A report setting out the proposed next stage in the delivery of the mandated universal Health Visitors and School Nurses Programme.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 17 [205kb]
18.	WEST BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION PLAN - UPDATE A report providing the Committee with an update on the West Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Sustainable Transformation Plan.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 18 [32kb]
19.	UPDATE ON ADULT SAFEGUARDING AND THE DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY SAFEGUARDS (DOLS) A report providing the Committee with an updated summary of Adult Safeguarding and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards within the Council since the last report.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 19 [739kb]
20.	ADULT SOCIAL CARE LOCAL ACCOUNT A report presenting the Local Account, a report of Council's performance in Adult Social Care.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 20 [1Mb]
21.	ANNUAL COMPLAINTS REPORT 2015 - 2016 FOR ADULT SOCIAL CARE A report providing the Committee with an overview of complaints activity and performance for Adult Social Care for the period from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 21 [72kb]