DECISION

1.      To continue to develop school capacity in supporting children and young people with SEND

2.      To develop consistently high-quality employment, education and training pathways for young people of all abilities and interests and,

3.      To work with any school that has significantly underachieved to improve standards through effective leadership, data analysis and improved teaching and learning strategies.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, CHILDREN AND CULTURE (J. THOMAS)

(Executive Director, Tower Hamlets Education Partnership (T. Smith)

(Director of Education (S. Nyakatawa)

Councillor Asma Begum, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Children, Youth Services, Education and Equalities, introduced the Annual Schools report. It provided an overview of the work of local schools during the 2020-21 year and it particularly set out the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Leaders and teachers had been doing an amazing job adapting their teaching to remote working and continuing to ensure that young people were able to learn and develop over this period. It was worth noting in particular that the children in care had been performing well over the year. The report also set out the impact of a number of council strategies such as those around improving digital access.

The Mayor thanked the Tower Hamlets Education Partnership for supporting education and children in the borough. He proposed the recommendations as set out in the report. These were approved unanimously by the Members present and it was:

RESOLVED

1.      To continue to develop school capacity in supporting children and young people with SEND

2.      To develop consistently high-quality employment, education and training pathways for young people of all abilities and interests and,

3.      To work with any school that has significantly underachieved to improve standards through effective leadership, data analysis and improved teaching and learning strategies.