Ms Sam Gower
Council: Richmond upon Thames
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
5 meetings
Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 13 November 2025 7.00 pm
The Education and Children's Services Committee convened to discuss school place planning, childcare sufficiency, and financial performance. The committee noted the annual update on school place planning, highlighting concerns about falling primary school rolls and the financial impact on schools, and also approved the childcare sufficiency assessment, while raising questions about affordability and access for disadvantaged families. Councillors also reviewed and approved several reports from Achieving for Children (AfC), and discussed budget overspends in social care and the dedicated schools grant.
Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 18 September 2025 7.00 pm
The Education and Children's Services Committee met to discuss safeguarding, budget monitoring, special educational needs, children in care, and complaints. The committee approved the Kingston and Richmond Safeguarding Children Partnership annual report, noted the overspend on the dedicated schools grant, and celebrated the 'outstanding' rating given to the council's children's services by Ofsted.
Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 June 2025 7.00 pm
Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 27 March 2025 7.00 pm
Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 6 February 2025 7.00 pm
Decisions from Meetings
53 decisions · Page 9 of 11
Forward Plan
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 27 March 2025 7.00 pm - March 27, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Apologies
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 27 March 2025 7.00 pm - March 27, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Quarter 3 Budget Monitoring 2024/25
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 6 February 2025 7.00 pm - February 06, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Admission Arrangements for Community Schools for entry in 2026-27.
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 6 February 2025 7.00 pm - February 06, 2025
...to formally determine the admission arrangements for community schools for the academic year 2026/27, as detailed in Appendix 1.
Recommendations Approved
Education Schools Condition Allocation Capital Maintenance Programme 2025-26
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 6 February 2025 7.00 pm - February 06, 2025
...to approve new schemes of £1.232m for the Education Schools Condition Capital Maintenance Programme for 2025/26 and delegate authority to the Assistant Director for Programme Management Office (PMO) to bring forward reserve list projects if funding becomes available.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 5
Average per Month: 0.5
Decisions Recorded: 53