The decision relates to Corporate Objectives and in particularly our Vision and Priorities for Improvement which states that:
· Every child and young person should go to a good or outstanding early years setting and school, have access to the best teaching, and benefit from schools and other providers working in partnership with each other to share the best practice as they continue to improve.
· Kent should be a place where families thrive and all children learn and develop well from the earliest years so that they are ready to succeed at school, have excellent foundations for learning and are equipped well for achievement in life, no matter what their background.
· We have the same expectations for every child and young person to make good progress in their learning, to achieve well and to have the best opportunities for an independent economic and social life as they become young adults.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Affects more than two Electoral Divisions;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Division affected: (All Division);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 13/11/2017
Decision due: 11 Dec 2017 by Cabinet
Reason: In order that the proposed decision can be published for a minimum of 28 days, in accordance with statutory requirements
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education
Lead director: Patrick Leeson
Contact: Keith Abbott, Director of Education Planning and Access 03000 417008 Email: keith.abbott@kent.gov.uk Tel: 01622 696588.
Consultees
The first annual Commissioning Plan For Education Provision 2012-17 was discussed by ECC in September 2012 and subsequently agreed by Cabinet on 17 September 2012. Each year the Plan is reviewed and discussed by the relevant Education Cabinet Committee before being brought to Cabinet for a final decision.
This will be discussed by the Children’s, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee on 22 November 2017.
Individual consultations will be taken out on each proposal outlined in the Commissioning Plan if required.
Financial implications: Following the outcomes of the consultations there may be changes to school provision in identified areas. The costs of this provision will be identified in the subsequent reports that will be considered by Children’s, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee.
Legal implications: Following the outcomes of the consultation there may be changes to school provision in identified areas. The statutory framework within which such changes may be proposed will be identified in the subsequent reports that will be considered by Children’s, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee.
Equalities implications: These will be identified in the report that accompanies the proposed plan that was considered by Children’s, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee on 22 November 2017.