Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Claire Brown, Ryan Crowley and Kath Phelan Co-opted Members.

Members are reminded of their personal responsibility to declare any personal and prejudicial interest in respect of matters contained in this agenda in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 relating to Council Tax, the Local Government Act 2000, the Council’s Constitution and the Members Code of Conduct

Note:

(a)  Members are reminded that they must identify the item number and subject matter that their interest relates to and signify the nature of the personal interest and

(b)  Where Members withdraw from a Meeting as a consequence of the disclosure of a prejudicial interest they must notify the Chair when they leave

Rosa Lazelle Declared her Interest in the items on the agenda as she is Chair of Governors Afon Taf High School.

Michelle Symonds Declared her Interest in the items on the agenda as she is Chair of Governors Ysgol Rhyd Y Grug.

Councillor C Davies Declared his Interest in Item Six – Update on Welsh Education Strategic Plan as he is the Welsh Language Champion for the Authority and is part of the Welsh Education Strategic Plan (WESP) Group.

To consider the attached report

The Chair welcomed Sue Walker, Joe Colsey and Anthony Lewis to the Meeting.

Joe Colsey then led the Committee in detail through the ‘Performance Report – Corporate Plan: Standards of Attainment 2018’ report.

The following questions were then raised by the Committee and were responded to in detail by the Officers:

·         KS2 Performance Outcomes – What have the LEA and the Consortium done to support this

·         Are details available of where a child is underperforming – Is this information available in all schools – Is this information available for each individual child

·         Outcome 6 – Has there been a change

·         The number of Interventions introduced

·         Paragraph 7.1 – Explanation of ‘resilience’ requested

Resolved that:

The judgements and evaluations be noted.

To consider the attached report

Anthony Lewis led the Committee in detail through the ‘School Budgets’ report.

The following questions were then raised by the Committee and were responded to in detail by the Officers:

·         Paragraph 7.5 – What are the present savings requirements

·         Paragraph 5.13 –The impact on learning and young people

·         Is there a breakdown of expenditure per annum for schools – Is there a percentage breakdown of expenditure on utility bills – Is there liaison with the Energy Officer

Resolved that:

The contents of the report be noted.

To consider the attached report

Anthony Lewis led the Committee in detail through the ‘Overview of School Building Stock’ report.

The following questions were then raised by the Committee and were responded to in detail by the Officers:

·         Will there be a full list from the Property Department and can this be shared with the Committee

·         Are there any in Band C at risk of going into Band D

·         Band B – Start and end date

·         How much money will be received from Welsh Government

Resolved that:

The contents of the report be noted.

Alan Rees left the Meeting at 5.15 pm.

Anne Roberts left the Meeting at 5.20 pm.

To consider the attached report

Councillor C Davies Declared his Interest in the Welsh Education Strategic Plan (WESP) as Welsh Language Champion for the Authority he is part of the Group.

Sue Walker led the Committee in detail through the ‘Update on Welsh Education Strategic Plan’ report.

The following question was then raised by the Committee and was responded to by the Officers:

·         Long term impact on Secondary School setting

Resolved that:

The report be noted.

A Member referred to arranging a Joint Scrutiny Committee with the Social Services Scrutiny Committee in relation to Looked after Children.

To receive an update from the Chair

The Chair and the Committee reflected in detail on the items that had been considered at the Meeting.

The Chair referred to the Committee Work Programme and the Committee agreed the Programme.

The Chair advised that there was no business deemed urgent.