Decision - Future Shape of Education Services

Decision details

Future Shape of Education Services

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decision:

1.         To retain in house a smaller number of teams with responsibility for delivering the authority’s statutory duties to vulnerable children and families, and those relating to preventing school failure. (Implementation April 2013).

 

2(a)     To explore two options for the non statutory functions of Hsis during July:

·                    the establishment of  a non statutory Havering School Improvement Service (Hsis) Trust with local schools

·                    a “soft market testing” exercise to establish the level of external interest in running  the service.

 

2(b)     That a final decision about the “destination” of this service  is made following this work. (Implementation April 2013).

 

3          To note that work continues to ensure that the non statutory traded services of the Europa Centre, Catering Service, Adult College and the Music School meet their MTFS savings targets, whilst options continue to be explored for the future delivery of these services.

Report author: Mary Phillips

Publication date: 13/07/2012

Date of decision: 11/07/2012

Decided at meeting: 11/07/2012 - Cabinet

Effective from: 19/07/2012

This decision has been called in by:

  • Councillor Keith Darvill who writes The reasons are the 'call-in' are: To examine the options and recommendations contained within the report to Cabinet. There is no option identified to work with the existing model. Our services have a high buy-in rate so what consideration has been given to expanding and growing these services even further into other boroughs? Recommendation 2(b) on page 69 of the Cabinet report, who will be making the final decision? Could we request that all of the options are discussed by the Children & Learning Overview & Scrutiny Committee"
  • Councillor Gillian Ford who writes The reasons are the 'call-in' are: To examine the options and recommendations contained within the report to Cabinet. There is no option identified to work with the existing model. Our services have a high buy-in rate so what consideration has been given to expanding and growing these services even further into other boroughs? Recommendation 2(b) on page 69 of the Cabinet report, who will be making the final decision? Could we request that all of the options are discussed by the Children & Learning Overview & Scrutiny Committee"

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