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36.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor K Ellis.

37.

Disclosures of Interest

A copy of the Register of Interest for each Selby District Councillor is available for inspection at www.selby.gov.uk.

 

Councillors should declare to the meeting any disclosable pecuniary interest in any item of business on this agenda which is not already entered in their Register of Interests.

 

Councillors should leave the meeting and take no part in the consideration, discussion or vote on any matter in which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest.

 

Councillors should also declare any other interests.  Having made the declaration, provided the other interest is not a disclosable pecuniary interest, the Councillor may stay in the meeting, speak and vote on that item of business.

 

If in doubt, Councillors are advised to seek advice from the Monitoring Officer.

 

Minutes:

There were no disclosures of interest.

38.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 342 KB

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Scrutiny Committee held on 25 November 2020.

 

Minutes:

The Committee considered the minutes of the meeting held on 25 November 2020.

 

RESOLVED:

To approve the minutes of the Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 25 November 2020 for signing by the Chair.

 

39.

Chair's Address to the Scrutiny Committee

Minutes:

The Chair announced that agenda item 6 – Corporate Performance Report Quarter 2 – July to September 2020 would be deferred and considered at the next meeting of the Committee.

 

The Committee also noted that the order of business on the agenda would be amended in order for agenda item 5 – Work Programme to be taken at the end of the meeting.

40.

Education in Selby District - Revisited

Following on from the successful education themed meeting in February 2020, a chance to revisit education in Selby District and what the Council can do to work better with local schools and colleges that young people from Selby District attend.

 

Attending the meeting are:

 

-       Phil Sayles – Principal at Selby College

-       Dave Barber – Executive Headteacher at Ebor Academy Trust

-       Tim Moat - Director of Communications and Development at Ebor Academy Trust

-       Andrew Dixon – Strategic Planning Manager at North Yorkshire County Council Children’s and Young People’s Service

-       Jane Le Sage – Assistant Director for Inclusion at North Yorkshire County Council Children’s and Young People’s Service

-       Amanda Newbold – Assistant Director for Education and Skills at North Yorkshire County Council Children’s and Young People’s Service

 

 

Minutes:

The Chair and Committee welcomed to the meeting the following attendees:

 

- Phil Sayles – Principal at Selby College

- Dave Barber – Executive Headteacher at Ebor Academy Trust

- Tim Moat - Director of Communications and Development at Ebor Academy Trust

- Andrew Dixon – Strategic Planning Manager at North Yorkshire County Council Children’s and Young People’s Service

- Jane Le Sage – Assistant Director for Inclusion at North Yorkshire County Council Children’s and Young People’s Service

- Amanda Newbold – Assistant Director for Education and Skills at North Yorkshire County Council Children’s and Young People’s Service

 

North Yorkshire County Council

 

The representatives from North Yorkshire County Council spoke first and gave a detailed presentation covering matters related to education in the district, including Covid-19 outbreak management, the upcoming reopening of schools on 8 March 2021, special educational needs (SEN) school provision, pupil exclusions and absences, home education, the Selby Hub and the Selby Locality Board.

 

Members asked questions following on from the presentation, firstly relating to the proposed SEN school in Osgodby. Members noted the feelings of local people on the scheme and how the application and plans for it had been handled. Officers confirmed that the school would provide for a range of children with various needs, and that progress with its development had been delayed due to Covid-19. There had been positive discussions with both the academy trust and the Department for Education in relation to the school and its design.

 

The Committee noted that initial discussions had been undertaken with local residents about the school, but that designs had moved on since that point; Members were reassured that residents would be given the opportunity to make their concerns known and to have a right to reply as part of the statutory planning process. The next step for the project was timelines.

 

Officers explained to the Committee some other pieces of work that had been completed or were in hand, including extensions at Hambleton and Staynor Hall Primaries, an extension to the Sherburn Hungate Primary School in the summer, expansion work at Barlby Common Primary School, and lastly the plan to keep Kirk Fenton Primary under review.

 

Members noted the potential for a new settlement at Burn and expansion of housing in Eggborough, and the resulting effects of these on education in these areas, as well as the use of developer contributions, such as Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 payments. The Committee also asked about the increase in school admission appeals, particularly in relation to transport.

 

Councillor W Nichols left the meeting at this point and did not return.

 

Officers explained that the education, health and care plans for pupils were more robust than the previous statements; a pupil’s needs were drawn together and addressed as a whole, with the care plans also being more enforceable. Parents and carers had stronger powers and there were strict timelines to adhere to; the right to a tribunal was still included, but with additional  ...  view the full minutes text for item 40.

41.

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 417 KB

To consider the Committee’s work programme.

 

 

Minutes:

Members briefly considered the work programme and noted that the item on housing repairs would now be considered at the meeting of the committee in March 2021.

 

RESOLVED:

                        To note the 2020-21 work programme.