Agenda item

10.1

The Committee received a report of the Policy and Improvement Officer which set out the Committee’s draft Work Programme for 2016/17.

10.2

The Policy and Improvement Officer took the Committee through the draft Work Programme 2016/17, and comments were made as follows:-

·                There were a number of unknowns about attainment data, and there was a need to find out where schools were struggling with the new curriculum.  The key issue was school improvement and identifying schools requiring support.

·                It was suggested that an officer note on attainment data be drafted on first release of the data, and an accompanying briefing be held in time for the Committee’s meeting in November 2016.

·                In relation to the briefing paper on the Sheffield Parent Carer Forum, it was suggested that the Committee reserve an option to take this further.

·                The Chair (Councillor Ian Saunders), the Deputy Chair (Councillor Steve Ayris) and Councillors Abtisam Mohamed, Josie Paszek, Mohammad Maroof, Kieran Harpham and Olivia Blake put themselves forward to form the sub-group of the Committee to meet with a small group of parents to discuss their experience of Special Educational Needs services and support.

·                Sam Martin (Assistant Director, Lifelong Learning and Skills) offered to run a Member session on the development of Youth Services as a preliminary to the item on Youth Services in Sheffield scheduled for the Committee’s meeting in April 2017.

10.3

RESOLVED: That the Committee approves the draft Work Programme 2016/17 as detailed in the report, subject to the inclusion of:-

(a)       feedback on the destination of pupils in the South East of the City, prior to the Committee’s discussion at its November meeting; and

(b)       a forecast of pupil places across the City.