Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Lead for Children and Schools submits a report that advises of developments in respect of the provision of 14-19 education and training, the 14-19 Plan and the transition of responsibility for commissioning 16-19 provision for all learners, and 16-25 for learners with learning difficulties or disabilities (LLDD), from the Learning and Skills Council to the local authority from April 2010. Cabinet is asked to approve the recommendations set out in Paragraph 2.2 of the report.

A minute extract from the meeting of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee held 18 March 2010 will be circulated as soon as it is available.

Councillor Dempster submitted a report that that advised of developments in respect of the provision of 14-19 education and training, the 14-19 Plan and the transition of responsibility for commissioning 16-19 provision for all learners, and 16-25 for learners with learning difficulties or disabilities (LLDD), from the Learning and Skills Council to the local authority from April 2010.

The comments of the Children & Young People’s Scrutiny Committee, held on 18 March 2010 were noted.

RESOLVED:

                        that Cabinet:

1)     notes developments in national policy for 14-19 education and the transfer of responsibility for 16-19 commissioning from the LSC to local authorities from April 2010;

2)     agrees the principal priorities and objectives of the 14-19 plan;

3)     approves the establishment of the Leicester and Leicestershire Learning Organisation as the recognized sub-regional group and notes its linkage to the Leicester and Leicestershire Leadership Board;

4)     gives delegated authority to the Strategic Director, Children, [in consultation with the Cabinet Lead for Children and Young People], to form the Leicester and Leicestershire Learning Organisation, by negotiating and concluding a Joint Working Agreement with Leicestershire County Council;

5)     agrees the recommendation that the Authority’s annual 16-19 commissioning statement should be considered by both Cabinet and Scrutiny Committee; and

6)     notes the legal and financial implications of the Authority’s new role in commissioning 16-19 provision.