Issue - meetings

This report asks Members to consider the draft final report of the scrutiny review into the extended schools service in York.

Consideration was given to the draft final report of the scrutiny review into the extended schools service in York.

A revised version of the draft final report, which set out changes that had been agreed at the last meeting, had been circulated to Members, prior to the meeting.

The Chair pointed out that there were a number of typographical errors in the circulated reports, which had been corrected in the electronic version of the document.

Following discussion it was

RESOLVED:That it be agreed that the report and recommendations be submitted to the Scrutiny Management Committee subject to the correction of typographical and grammatical points and the following amendments:

·        In Recommendation 4 the insertion of the word ‘of’ prior to the words ‘a flexible’ in the second line.

·        In Recommendation 5 the deletion of the word ‘extended and its replacement with ‘extends’ in the final line.

·        On page 21 in the first paragraph under the heading ‘St Aelred’s Roman Catholic Primary School’ the deletion of the sentence ‘85% of pupils are Catholics, with some other Christians and some Asians’.

·        On page 23 the insertion of the word ‘currently’ prior to the words ‘by the Chair’ in the third sentence of the first paragraph relating to Osbaldwick Primary School.

REASON:      To facilitate completion of the former Education Scrutiny Board’s outstanding work and to ensure that the final report reflects the Board’s intentions.