Issue - decisions
The Tower Hamlets Education Partnership (THEP)
12/05/2016 - The Tower Hamlets Education Partnership (THEP)
DECISION
1. To welcome the establishment of the Tower Hamlets Education (THE) Partnership and the potential of its role in establishing a school-led system of improvement which adds value to the whole Tower Hamlets’ education system;
2. To ask the Corporate Director for Children’s Services in consultation with the Director of Law, Probity and Governance to consider which of the Council’s current school improvement services might be delivered from THE Partnership in 2017 and identify appropriate mechanisms accordingly;
3. To endorse the role of the Council in education, as set out in paragraphs 3.24 - 3.38, of this report and to ask officers to explore how the Council’s partnership and scrutiny function might develop in support of this role;
4. To ask THE Partnership to report on progress towards these outcomes in a comprehensive annual review of the quality of education in schools in Tower Hamlets, with the first report to be produced in November 2016;
5. To agree that the Council establishes an earmarked reserve from general fund balances of up to £300,000 per annum to THE Partnership for a period of three years to enable it to become self-sustaining and to maintain a tight focus on improvement, as evidenced by progress in the outcomes described in paragraph 3.32 of the report; and
6. To agree that THE Partnership is able to receive services in kind from the Council in support of its progress towards sustainability.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, CHILDREN’S SERVICES (D. JONES)
(Service Manager Policy, Programmes and Community Insight (L. Richards)
(Finance Business Manager (S. Patni)