Margaret Harvey

Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee Co-Optee

Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 9th December, 2025 6.30 pm

The Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee is scheduled to meet on 9 December 2025 to discuss safeguarding, education, and the well-being of children and families in Camden. The committee will review the annual reports from both the Camden Safeguarding Children Partnership and the Cabinet Member for Best Start for Children and Families, and will also discuss the directorate's performance and a forward work programme.

Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee Co-Optee

Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 16th October, 2025 6.30 pm

The Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee were scheduled to meet to discuss provisional school exam results, the Youth Justice Plan, the response to the SEND Provision Scrutiny Panel, and children's social care national reforms.

Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee Co-Optee

Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 23rd June, 2025 6.30 pm

The Camden Council's Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee met on 23 June 2025 to discuss a range of issues, including free school meals, the functional needs assessment for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), updates from cabinet members, an annual health report, persistent absences, and the findings of a recent Ofsted inspection.

Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee

Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 24th February, 2025 6.30 pm

This meeting was scheduled to receive updates about a range of services provided to children, young people and families in Camden. Topics included how the Council and Camden Learning were scheduled to support schools in meeting the needs of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, in improving school attendance, and how they had been supporting children in care. The meeting was also scheduled to receive an update about the performance of Camden schools, including test and examinations results for the 2023-24 academic year. The information below is taken from the report pack provided to attendees for the meeting and does not provide an account of what was actually discussed, or whether any decisions were actually made.

Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee

Children, Schools and Families Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 14th January, 2025 6.30 pm

This meeting was about the performance of services for children in care in Camden. The committee was provided with an annual report on the performance of the Corporate Parenting Service and its key priorities for the year ahead. There was also a report on the experiences of the 'Virtual School' for children in care, and a progress update on the recommendations made by young people in 2023 about their experiences of social care meetings. A report on Camden’s interconnected programmes of work for supporting families with children of all ages was also provided. Finally, the committee was also asked to note their work programme for the year.