Recommended to accept certain discretionary award powers, to agree to the continuation of existing grant schemes with an option to continue with the Mayor’s Higher Education Award and Mayor’s Education Award Schemes which are due to end in the 2013/14 academic year.

DECISION

1.            To agree that the Council takes up the power to make discretionary awards in respect of specified groups of students over compulsory school age in 2014/2015.

2.            To approve the policy in Appendix 1 for the provision by the Council of school clothing grants in 2014/2015 within the budget specified in paragraph 5.2 of the report.

3.            To approve the policy in Appendix 2 for the provision of the Budget Holding Lead Professional Scheme for Attendance Support in 2014/2015 within the budget specified in paragraph 5.2 of this report.

4.            To approve the policy in Appendix 3 for the provision by the Council of discretionary awards in support of education travel in 2014/2015 within the budget specified in paragraph 5.2 of the report.

5.            To approve the policy in Appendix 4 for the provision by the Council of the Mayor’s Education Award (MEA) in 2014/2015 if Cabinet wishes the scheme to continue having determined that funding is available to support applicants for the academic year 2014-15.

6.            To approve the policy in Appendix 5 for the provision of the Mayor’s Higher Education Award Scheme in 2014/2015 if Cabinet wishes the scheme to continue and has funds to support it.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, EDUCATION, SOCIAL CARE AND WELLBEING (R. McCULLOCH-GRAHAM)

(Service Head, Learning and Achievement Early Years (A. Canning)

(Head of Secondary Learning and Achievement (D. Warne)