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Adult Social Care, Children's Services and Education Committee
Thursday, 5th October, 2017 6.30 pm

5 October 2017 at 6.30pm in the Council Chamber

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Agenda

ITEM	DESCRIPTION	WARDS AFFECTED	REPORTS
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 12 JULY 2017		Item 2 [71kb]
3.	MINUTES OF OTHER BODIES: Children's Trust Partnership Board - 19 July 2017		Item 3 [124kb]
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 [21kb]
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.	PRESENTATION - ABC TO READ A presentation by ABC to read, a local charity that was set up in 2004 to support children who are struggling to read by finding, training and supporting volunteers to work with them in primary schools across Berkshire.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 7 [809kb]
8.	READING SCHOOLS: OFSTED JUDGEMENTS AS AT 31 AUGUST 2017 A report providing the Committee with a summary update on schools' current Ofsted status.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 8 [170kb]
9.	CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE, EARLY HELP AND EDUCATION SERVICES IN READING A report providing the Committee with an update on the current status and future direction in the creation of 'The Company' that will run all of Children's Social Care, Early Help and Education Services in Reading.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 9 [30kb]
10.	ANNUAL COMPLAINTS REPORT 2016 - 2017 FOR CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE A report providing the Committee with an overview of complaints activity and performance for Children's Social Care for the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 10 [126kb]
11.	Children's Workforce Strategy - Update A report providing the Committee with an update on the progress and achievements of the Children's Services Workforce Strategy 2016-2018.	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 11 [35kb]
12.	BERKSHIRE WEST 10, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE WEST SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATION PLAN (BOB STP) AND WEST BERKSHIRE ACCOUNTABLE CARE SYSTEM	BOROUGHWIDE	Item 12 [576kb]