Issue - meetings
Annual Conversation with Ofsted and Progress of Post-Inspection Improvement Plan
Meeting: 08/08/2024 - Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (Item 12)
12 Annual Conversation with Ofsted and Progress of Post-Inspection Improvement Plan 
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Report of the Executive Director, Children and
Learning, introducing the service’s update to Ofsted at its
annual engagement meeting.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - SCC Annual Engagement Meeting presentation.pdf, item 12
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- Appendix 2 - Ofsted Annual Engagement Meeting letter.pdf, item 12
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Minutes:
The Cabinet Member for Children and Learning and the Deputy Director, Children and Learning, provided the Panel with an overview of the annual meeting with Ofsted and the progress to date in relation to the post inspection improvement plan. The meeting with Ofsted was reported as helpful in relation to assessing improvement against the specific recommendations made.
There remain specific ongoing areas of improvement that the Panel discussed including:
- The proposed new Safeguarding Partnership involving Adults and Children Safeguarding.
- The quality and effectiveness of support to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
- Housing, education, employment and training for care leavers.
- Identification, assessment and support for children in private fostering arrangements.
RESOLVED
i) That an all-members briefing is scheduled to inform councillors about the changes that have been undertaken across Children’s Services and Learning.