Children & Young People's Panel - Thursday 22 May 2008

A meeting of the Children and Young People’s Panel will be held in one of the Committee Rooms at the Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, 22 May 2008.

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows:-

1 Welcome to new Members:

2 Apologies for absence:

3 Minutes: 6 March 2008

4 Urgent business (.pdf, 513kb): To be accepted at the discretion of the Chairman of the meeting.

5 Exclusion of the public (.pdf, 18kb): The Panel is asked to consider whether by resolution to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the item of business marked with an 'E' reference because of the possibility of the disclosure of exempt information.

6 Declarations of interest: To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda, please ensure that this is returned to the Committee Clerk at the end of the meeting.

Open Items

7 Admission arrangements for specialist provision (.pdf, 750kb): Report of the Director of Children and Young People’s services enclosed.

8 Review of provision and use of resourced schools (.pdf, 399kb): consultation on the provision of resourced places for pupils with low severity autism at Hawkley Hall High School: Report of the Director of Children and Young People’s services enclosed.

9 Building schools for the future: Review of mainstream secondary schools - Report on Stage 1 consultation on proposal to close PEMBEC (.pdf, 1218kb): Report of the Director of Children and Young People’s services enclosed.

10 Outcome of Ofsted inspections of schools in spring term 2008 (.pdf, 90kb): Report of the Director of Children and Young People’s services enclosed.

11 Home to school and college transport policy 1st September 2008 (.pdf, 297kb): Report of the Director of Children and Young People’s services enclosed.

12 Wigan Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) - minutes of the meeting held on 19th November 07 (.pdf, 51kb): Report of the Director of Children and Young People’s services enclosed.

13 Nursery admission numbers (.pdf, 222kb): Report of the Director of Children and Young People’s services enclosed.

14 Appointment of Local Authority Representative Governors (.pdf, 49kb): Report of the Director of Children and Young People’s services enclosed.

15 Questions by Members at panel meetings:

Closed Items

E1 Primary strategy for change: Report of the Director of Children and Young People’s services enclosed.