Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services in respect of the educational outcomes for primary school-aged children living in the City of London.  During the discussion on this item the following points were noted:

• Since September 2018, free school meals had been provided for all primary school children at Sir John Cass School from Year-3 to Year-6. This was in addition to the offer of free school meals for all children in Reception and Years 1 and 7.   Members would receive a report to May’s committee on the impact from this.

• Good Key Stage 1 results and a focussed improvement on Key Stage 2, following a dip last year.  Members noted that, whilst there had been some intervention in respect of girls’ performance in maths no particular groups were under-achieving.  Furthermore, given that governors received termly reports, any such trends would be noticed immediately.  Members commended the school’s successful Anti-bullying Policy and the buy-in from both students and parents.

• The school had an excellent SEN provision and the identification of more children with additional needs had resulted in an increase in the numbers. 

• Whilst some parts of the country had experienced difficulty in recruiting Governors, the last round of recruitment at Sir John Cass had been over-subscribed.  The school had set up a parents forum to ensure that those parents who had expressed an interest, but not been appointed, still had an opportunity to contribute.  Members noted that following the School’s reconstitution more governors would be appointed.

RESOLVED, That – the report be noted.