Agenda item

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

A report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services outlined the processes that the Education Unit had put in place to monitor the implementation of the Education Strategy and the processes on how the Board would be regularly updated to enable the efficient and effective exercise of the Board’s responsibilities.

Members discussed the report in detail with the following points being made:-

·      An Education Strategy update would be provided at each Board meeting as a standing item, highlighting key developments in the delivery of the Education Strategy.

·      The Education Strategy Development Plan would be reported biannually rather than once a year. 

·      The progress against each individual action would be monitored regularly.

·      A colour scheme would be developed for the development plan in order for Members to identify which actions were either short, medium or long term and to help prioritise.

·      The leaflet which had been provided to all secondary academies illustrating EDO’s offer (plus apprenticeships) would be circulated to the Board for information.

·      In relation to Action 35, namely, ‘liaise with the local authority and co-sponsors for each City academy to develop shared and co-ordinated arrangements for monitoring, challenge and support’; it was noted that it was vital to keep an open level of communication with our neighbours in the event that issues needed to be escalated with local authorities in areas outside of the City of London.

·      The Board would continue to keep abreast of the various actions and have overall oversight.

RESOLVED – That the contents of the report be noted and that a colour scheme be developed of the actions list for future meetings.