10 Educational Attainment for Looked After Children PDF 103 KB
Report of the Service Lead for Education and Early Help providing information on educational attainment for Looked After Children in Southampton, attached.
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The Panel considered the report of the Service Lead, Education and Early Help providing the Panel with information on educational attainment for Looked After Children (LAC) in Southampton and work being undertaken to improve outcomes.
Councillor Paffey, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills; Jo Cassey, Service Lead for Education and Early Help; Alyce McCourt, Principal Educational Psychologist; and Ann Dyton, Virtual School Head were in attendance and with the consent of the Chair addressed the meeting.
The Panel particularly noted the following points:-
RESOLVED:
(i) That, to enable more timely and targeted support, systems be developed and implemented that enabled the progress and performance of LAC to be tracked more effectively;
(ii) That, prior to the next meeting of the Panel, the following information be provided:
a. Anonymised information on the grade predictions for the current Year 11 LAC Cohort for GCSE English and Maths.
b. Details on revision classes and additional support available within schools to support Southampton’s Year 11 LAC cohort.
c. Details on how many of the 2015/16 LAC Year 11 cohort are re-taking their GCSE’s.
(iii) That the Panel be provided with a briefing paper at a future meeting on the proposals for a ‘buddying scheme’ for LAC.