Councillor Sarah Cole

Corporate Parenting Board - Wednesday 9 July 2025 6.00 pm

Children's Services Scrutiny Sub-Committee - Tuesday 8 July 2025 7.00 pm

The Children's Services Scrutiny Sub-Committee met to discuss special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision, elective home education, and to receive an Ofsted update. The sub-committee agreed to receive an update on the results of the annual families survey and report back at the next milestone, to include awareness of the process of elective home education in the corporate safeguarding training, and to circulate a breakdown of the demographic data in relation to children who were electively home educated and the reasonings parents provided for electively home educating their children. The sub-committee also agreed to note the content of the Ofsted update report and that the pupil place planning report scheduled for October include an update on the lessons learned from the school adjudicators decision.

Pensions Committee - Wednesday 14 May 2025 6.30 pm

The Lambeth Council Pensions Committee convened to discuss key performance indicators, risk management, training, and investment strategies for the Lambeth Pension Fund. The committee reviewed the Pension Administration Performance report, the Risk Register, and the Investment Performance Report, and also examined the Business Plan and Training Policy for the coming year. Councillor Martin Tiedemann was appointed Vice-Chair of the Committee.

Annual Council, Council - Wednesday 23 April 2025 7.00 pm

The annual meeting of Lambeth Council saw Councillor Adrian Garden elected as Mayor and Councillor Christine Banton as Deputy Mayor for the 2025-26 municipal year, while also addressing committee appointments, the council's constitution, and member allowance schemes. The council voted to approve the recommendations in reports regarding the allocation of seats to political groups, the constitution, and the members allowances scheme, all despite some dissent.

Corporate Parenting Board - Wednesday 16 April 2025 6.00 pm

The Lambeth Council Corporate Parenting Board met to discuss updates on services for children in care and care leavers, including health, education, and support programmes. Key discussion points included promoting sibling contact, health summaries, mentoring schemes, and support for care leavers who are parents. The board also addressed challenges such as placement stability and educational attainment, and explored ways to improve communication and engagement with children in care and foster carers.