Chanelle Paul

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Tuesday 25 February 2025 7.00 pm

At this meeting, the Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission discussed its in-depth review of behaviour management and school inclusion, its response to the School Estates & Education Sufficiency Strategy, and the response from the Minister of State for Early Education to its concerns about unregistered educational settings.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Monday 13 January 2025 7.00 pm

The meeting discussed the welfare of children in temporary accommodation, the Young Futures Programme, and the Race and SEND Inclusion Charter, and confirmed that a letter had been sent to the Secretary of State for Education to set out concerns about the lack of regulation for unregistered educational settings. The commission also discussed the scope for a review of behaviour policies in Hackney schools.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Wednesday 11 December 2024 7.00 pm

This meeting of Hackney Council's Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission was scheduled to include updates on a range of financial and safeguarding matters affecting children's services in Hackney. It also included a review of the City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership's annual report and a scheduled update on unregistered educational settings in Hackney.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Tuesday 26 November 2024 7.00 pm

The meeting reviewed the Hackney Education department’s proposals for a second round of school closures and mergers in the borough, following on from 4 Hackney primary school closures in August 2024. No decision was made at the meeting, which was to hear evidence and inform any recommendations made by the Commission to the Cabinet.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Monday 14 October 2024 7.00 pm

The Children and Young People's Scrutiny Commission received an update on the Council's action plan following a recent Ofsted inspection of Children’s Social Care in July 2024, where the service was judged to be ‘good’. This was followed by a question and answer session with Mayor Philip Glanville, the Cabinet lead for a number of children and young people's services, on three key policy areas; (1) the commissioning of independent and non-maintained special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision, (2) the roll out of the free childcare entitlement in Hackney, and (3) the graduated SEND response in schools. The Commission also considered an update on the implementation of the Housing Support for Care Leavers Review.