Notice of Meeting         SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (LIFELONG LEARNING)

 

Date and time

of Meeting                  WEDNESDAY, 23RD MAY,  2007 AT 6.00 P.M.

 

Venue                      COWBRIDGE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL (Lower Site Dining Room), TOWNMILL ROAD, COWBRIDGE, CF71 7BE

(LOCATION MAP ATTACHED)

 

Agenda

 

PART I

 

1.   Apologies for absence.

 

2.      Minutes of meeting held on 23rd April, 2007.

 

3.      To receive declarations of interest (including whipping declarations) under the Council’s Code of Conduct.

         (Note: Members seeking advice on this item are asked to contact the Monitoring Officer at least 48 hours before the meeting).

 

4.   Welcome to Cowbridge Comprehensive School from Mrs. M. Evans, Headteacher.

[Welcome]

 

Reports of the Director of Learning and Development -

5.      Revenue and Capital Monitoring for the period 1st April 2006 to 30th April 2007.

[View Minutes]

 

6.      Positive action to improve the education of certain groups of children.

[View Minutes]

 

Report of the Chair -

7.      A Review to Evaluate the Levels of Nursery Provision in the Vale of Glamorgan.

[View Minutes]

 

Report of the Chief Executive -

8.      Wales Audit Office Report: Review of the Progress with School Improvement and Strategic Management.

[View Minutes]

 

9.      Any items which the Chairman has decided are urgent (Part I).

 

 

PART II

THE PUBLIC AND PRESS MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM THE MEETING DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEM (S) IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 100A(4) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972.

 

10.    Any items which the Chairman has decided are urgent (Part II).

 

John Maitland Evans

Chief Executive

 

17th May, 2007

 

To the Members of the Scrutiny Committee (Lifelong Learning)

Councillor A.D. Hampton (Chairman); Councillor E. Hacker (Vice-Chairman); Councillors Mrs. M.E.J. Birch, Ms. R.M. Birch, P. Church, J. Clifford, Miss J. Cole, A.D. Dobbinson, A.M. Ernest, C.P. Franks,  F.T. Johnson, G.C. Kemp, A.G. Powell, Mrs. S.I. Sharpe, B.I. Shaw, S.T. Wiliam and E.T. Williams.

 

Also invited to attend as co-opted members:

Mr. A. Ballard, Penarth (Roman Catholic Church).

Father E. Counsell, Pendoylan (Church in Wales).

Mr. S. James - (Parent Governor - Secondary Sector).

Ms. C. Baggett (Parent Governor - Primary Sector).

 

Also invited to attend as non-voting observers:

Mr. G. Beaudette                  (Primary).

Mr. T. Cox                            (Secondary).

Mr. G. Roberts                      (Special).

Mr. D. Griffiths                       (Headteachers).

Vacant                                 (Free Churches).

 

Invited to attend for Agenda Item No. 8

Mr Richard Harries, Wales Audit Office.