Printed minutes 04122014 1700 Cabinet Member for Children Education Decision Meeting

CABINET MEMBER FOR CHILDREN & EDUCATION DECISION MEETING RECORD OF DECISIONS taken by the Cabinet Member for Children and Education, Councillor Neill Young, at his meeting held on Thursday, December 2014 at 5.00 pm at the Conference Room L - Civic Offices Also Present Councillor Rob Wood Councillor Ken Ferrett 29 Apologies (AI 1) Apologies for absence had been received from Councillor Godier, Julian Wooster and Neil Stevenson 30 Declarations of Members' Interests (AI 2) There were no declarations of pecuniary interest However, Councillor Young wished to record that he is a governor of College Park Infant School, his sister works for Portsmouth College and his brother-in-law is employed at Milton Cross Secondary School Councillor Wood wished to record that his son-in-law works for the Harbour School, his daughter works for Motiv8, his daughter-in-law works for the High School and he is a local authority governor for Charter Academy and Ark Dickens Primary Academy 31 School Admissions Arrangements 2016/17 Consultation (AI 3) (TAKE IN REPORT) Sue Barratt, Admissions Officer presented the report and summarised the proposed changes to the admission policies Public consultation on the policies will take place between December and March 2015 She referred to section of the report and advised that the governing body of St Jude's Primary School had met on December 2014 and had agreed not to make any changes to the order of their oversubscription criteria Therefore this would not be part of the admissions consultation for 2016/17 In response to a question about academies, officers advised that they set their own oversubscription criteria and the LA had made academy sponsors aware of their draft policies RESOLVED: That the Cabinet member approve the following: Appendix 1a and 1b - Co-ordinated Scheme for the Primary and Secondary Transfer groups 2016/17 Appendix - Secondary community schools admissions policy Appendix - Infant community schools admissions policy Appendix - Junior community school admissions policy Appendix - Primary community and voluntary schools admission policy 32 Commissioning of Services to meet the needs of Young People who are Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) or at risk of becoming NEET (AI 4) (TAKE IN REPORT) Mike Stoneman, Strategic Commissioning Manager presented the report In response to questions from members Mr Stoneman and Mr Webb clarified the following points:      The two recommendations were unrelated projects operating on different timescales The £80,000 is a one off cost that would be made in this financial year as part of our local contribution to the YEF On Track programme (subject to the bid being successful) The £12,500 - £25,000 contribution would be part of a salary cost of the Youth NEET Prevention Worker(s) that would extend to the next financial year If the youth engagement fund bid was unsuccessful the Council would not make any contribution and would need to look at other targeted support services The outcome of the bid would be known by early January 2015 With regard to the Youth NEET Prevention Worker, Havant College would advise next week whether they wish to contribute to this There was an expectation that the colleges and secondary schools would fund the worker(s) for future years RESOLVED: that the commissioning of the two initiatives as set out in sections and of the report be agreed and specifically that:  A local contribution of £80,000 as part of Portsmouth City Council's contribution to the £5.3m programme and a total investment of £900,000 in the Portsmouth scheme that will deliver 285 starts pre-6 and 105 starts post-16 in Portsmouth over a three year period from April 2015 to 31 March 2018 is agreed This will be subject to the success of the bid  A contribution of between £12,500 and £25,000 to fund a one year pilot scheme and the employment of one or two Youth NEET Prevention Officers (initial one year contract) is agreed This will be subject to an agreement by the FE colleges to part fund the pilot The meeting concluded at 5.25 pm Councillor Neill Young Cabinet Member for Children and Education ... agreement by the FE colleges to part fund the pilot The meeting concluded at 5.25 pm Councillor Neill Young Cabinet Member for Children and Education ... Education Employment or Training (NEET) or at risk of becoming NEET (AI 4) (TAKE IN REPORT) Mike Stoneman, Strategic Commissioning Manager presented the report In response to questions from members... this There was an expectation that the colleges and secondary schools would fund the worker(s) for future years RESOLVED: that the commissioning of the two initiatives as set out in sections