Issue - meetings

The Panel considered the report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance relating to recommendations made at previous meetings of the Panel.

Jo Cassey, Service Lead – Education and Early Help, and Jane White, Service Lead – Children’s Social Care were present and with the consent of the Chair addressed the meeting.

The Lead Apprenticeships Advisor checked what the provision was within the Capita/SCC contract for apprentices, it was noted that Capita’s corporate social responsibility obligations as regards apprentices were removed with effect from 1 April 2016 as part of the most recent major renegotiation of the SSP contract, the SSP Reset.

RESOLVEDthat:

  (i)  In response to the findings, the Capita contract now included no obligations with regards to apprenticeships, it was recommended that the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills raised the issue within Cabinet and would seek to identify opportunities to encourage Capita to participate in the Council’s approach to maximising apprenticeship opportunities; and

 (ii)  Officers should circulate to every Southampton City Councillor the table identifying the latest Ofsted rating for each Southampton school.  The Panel requested that the table was accompanied by an explanatory covering report and that the school’s previous Ofsted rating was added to the table.