Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence and temporary appointments.

See guidance note on the back page.

The Committee is recommended to APPROVE the minutes of the meeting held on 20 September 2024 and to receive information arising from them.

Members of the public who wish to speak at this meeting can attend the meeting in person or ‘virtually’ through an online connection. 

To facilitate ‘hybrid’ meetings we are asking that requests to speak or present a petition are submitted by no later than 9am four working days before the meeting i.e., 9am on 18 November 2024.  Requests to speak should be sent to the Scrutiny Officer at scrutiny@oxfordshire.gov.uk.

If you are speaking ‘virtually’, you may submit a written statement of your presentation to ensure that your views are taken into account. A written copy of your statement can be provided no later than 9am 2 working days before the meeting. Written submissions should be no longer than 1 A4 sheet.

The Committee is recommended to AGREE its work programme for forthcoming meetings, having heard any changes from previous iterations, and taking account of the Cabinet Forward Plan and of the Budget Management Monitoring Report.

The Director of Law and Governance has provided an update on co-optee recruitment.  The Committee is recommended to consider the report and to agree to appoint the identified candidates for two years from February 2025.

Report to follow

Cllr John Howson, Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Young People’s Services, Kate Reynolds, Deputy Director of Education, and Jessie Dobson, Partnership Youth Development Manager, have been invited to present the Annual Report on Holiday Activities and Food Programme.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

Cllr John Howson, Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Young People’s Services, Kate Reynolds, Deputy Director of Education, and Joanna Goodey, Education Inclusion Manager, have been invited to present a report on the Draft Education Otherwise Than At School (EOTAS) Policy.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

Cllr John Howson, Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Young People’s Services, Kate Reynolds, Deputy Director of Education, and Stephen Good, Home to School Transport Programme Manager, have been invited to present a report on the revised Home to School Transport Policy before it is issued for public consultation.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and raise any questions, and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make to Cabinet arising therefrom.

Report to follow

In the event that any Member or Officer wishes to discuss the information set out in the restricted annexes to Agenda Item 10 and Item 11, the Committee will be invited to resolve to exclude the public for the consideration of the annex by passing a resolution in the following terms:

"that the public be excluded during the consideration of the annexes since it is likely that if they were present during that discussion there would be a disclosure of "exempt" information as described in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972 and specified below the item in the Agenda".

THE RESTRICED ANNEX TO THE ITEMS NAMED HAVE NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC AND SHOULD BE REGARDED AS ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ BY MEMBERS AND OFFICERS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THEM.

Cllr John Howson, Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Young People’s Services, Kate Reynolds, Deputy Director of Education, and Teresa Rogers, Head of Service: Adopt Thames Valley, have been invited to present the Annual Report from Adopt Thames Valley.

The Committee is asked to NOTE the report.

Cllr John Howson, Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Young People’s Services, Kate Reynolds, Deputy Director of Education, and Charlotte Davey, Assistant Director of Provider Services, have been invited to present the Annual Corporate Parenting Report.

The Committee is asked to NOTE the report.

The Committee is recommended to NOTE the progress of previous recommendations and actions arising from previous meetings, having raised any questions on the contents.

No responses to Scrutiny recommendations were expected.