Please note that there are two Lead
Member portfolios covering Children’s Services each with
their separate responsibilities:
1)
Children & Families;
and
2)
Education and Inclusion,
Special Educational Needs and Disability
Normally, meetings for both Lead Members are
scheduled well in advance to take place on the same day
successively. However, confusion can arise when one of these
meetings is cancelled (due to lack of business) whilst the other
goes ahead.
Lead cabinet members
are authorised by Cabinet to make certain decisions within their
areas of special responsibility. They make these decisions at
Individual Decision Making meetings attended by council officers.
Other councillors may also attend.
The
terms of reference for this meeting can be found in the
Council’s Constitution.
The Lead Member for Education, Inclusion and Special
Educational Needs and Disability has responsibility for:
Strategy and Policy for all Children’s
Services (education) matters, and principal service area
responsibilities are:
·
Quality and standards in educational
establishments
·
Special educational needs
·
School admissions and transport
·
Early years and childcare
·
School organisation and place planning
·
Skills (shared with Economy)
·
And all ancillary activities