Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         in response to questions around a breakdown of the figures available for children with Additional Support Needs who were registered as having a disability, to note that officers would circulate information that was currently available to Members outwith the meeting;

(ii)        to note the consultation undertaken with staff and the broad messages fed back as part of this consultation exercise, and instruct the Chief Operating Officer to work with staff in schools and Trade Unions to address the key themes emerging from the consultation in order to build a stronger universal, targeted and specialist provision; and

(iii)       as part of the above engagement with colleagues, to instruct the Chief Operating Officer to review the current provision of targeted and specialist support to ensure that it is reshaped to meet current and future demand; and report on progress at the March meeting of this Committee.

With reference to article 6 of the minute of its meeting of 17 January 2019, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Education Officer which provided an overview of a consultation which had been undertaken with staff to determine the effectiveness of current approaches in meeting the needs of those with Additional Support Needs, and made recommendations on how to further strengthen the system as the Council worked towards an empowered system.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)       note the consultation undertaken with staff and the broad messages fed back as part of this consultation exercise, and instruct the Chief Operating Officer to work with staff in schools and Trade Unions to address the key themes emerging from the consultation in order to build a stronger universal, targeted and specialist provision; and

(b)       as part of the above engagement with colleagues, instruct the Chief Operating Officer to review the current provision of targeted and specialist support to ensure that it is reshaped to meet current and future demand; and report on progress at the March meeting of this Committee.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         in response to questions around a breakdown of the figures available for children with Additional Support Needs who were registered as having a disability, to note that officers would circulate information that was currently available to Members outwith the meeting; and

(ii)        to approve the recommendations.