Decision details

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to request that officers look at the wording of the risk and control actions on page 115 of the agenda pack, in relation to “the perception of failure to record incidents of violence and aggressive behaviour against school staff”;

(ii)            to request that the Executive Director – Families and Communities, in collaboration with the Chief Officer City Development and Regeneration provide a service update to Members in relation to where there were gaps in the workforce affecting the organisation and wider economy, and how the Education Service and other Council Clusters were working to address the workforce needs;

(iii)          to note the Cluster Risk Registers and Assurance Maps set out in Appendices A to D;

(iv)          to agree to continue the positive cooperation with Trade Unions to deliver the agreed Behaviour Plan and delivery of preventative professional learning to help realise safe and peaceful learning environments for all, and receive updates on progress through the established NIF updates;

(v)           to welcome the opportunity to sustain partnership working with Trade Unions in responding to survey findings that record the views of teachers and other staff;

(vi)          to agree that the creative use of resources to develop and model improved learning spaces - including The Bridge - keeps children's rights at the centre of our work and contributes to the  goal of inclusion in education settings and agrees that future expansion of similar models, based on lessons learned from the Bridge , should be progressed for secondary stage pupils; and

(vii)         to agree that the policy on mobile phone use in schools should continue to be monitored and will be considered in the report to the forthcoming Committee on "Action to Reduce Incidents in Schools".