Agenda item

To agree the public minutes and non-public summary of the meeting held on 3 December 2021.

The public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 3 December 2021 were approved as a correct record.

RESOLVED, that the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 3 December 2021 be approved as a correct record.</AI4><AI5>

MATTERS ARISING

·         The Deputy Chair asked if it was possible to provide a link to the Youth-Led Environmental Updates (p9, paragraph 6) on the Livery Committee website;

·         The Deputy Chair advised that the Head of the Outward Bound Trust was keen to connect with City Schools and to present to the Board.

The Chair noted that there was a date in the diary to discuss the above points.

·         The question was posed whether it would be possible to look at a wider community of schools to assist with the Afghan students (page 11) or boarding places at City Schools, also adding that there was further provision across the Livery schools which could be assessed for opportunities;

·         A Member advised  that the older age groups had been more challenging to place, particularly in light of the fact that there was very little available housing for larger families; however, work was ongoing.

·         Members heard that some Afghan families in Edgware and Kensington had been given less than one day’s notice of removal from their temporary accommodation.

·         An Officer noted that despite other external pressures, families with children were settling well within the schools. Some children were being placed in lower age groups due to language barriers; however, this should not continue on a long-term basis.

·         A Member commented that a large student accommodation development had been approved at Snow Hill and queried whether this could be co-ordinated to create availability for the Further Education Afghan students.

The Chair noted that all comments would be followed up upon the return of Anne Bamford, Strategic Education and Skills Director, to the Corporation following a period of leave and thanked officers in the Community and Children’s Services Department for their work so far in this area.