Meeting Details

 If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter to be considered at the meeting and that interest is on your Register of Interests you must not speak or vote on the matter. 

If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter to be considered at the meeting and that interest is not on your Register of Interests you must declare that interest at the meeting and not speak or vote on the matter 

In either case you may remain in the room where the meeting is taking place. If you consider that it would be inappropriate in the circumstances to remain in the room, you may leave the room while the matter is dealt with.

If you do not have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest you may nevertheless have an Other Interest in a matter to be discussed if it affects
-           your well being or financial position
-           that of your family or close friends
-           that of a club or society in which you have a management role
-           that of another public body of which you are a member to a greater extent than others in your ward. 

If that is the case then you must declare such an interest but can speak and vote on the matter.

Fifteen minutes for questions from members of the public of which due notice has been given.

Please note that all questions must be received by the Committee Team (committees@norfolk.gov.uk) by 5pm Thursday 5th July 2018. For guidance on submitting public question, please view the Consitution at www.norfolk.gov.uk.

Fifteen minutes for local member to raise issues of concern of which due notice has been given.

Please note that all questions must be received by the Committee Team (committees@norfolk.gov.uk) by 5pm on Thursday 5th July 2018. 

Notice of the following motion has been given in accordance with the Committee Procedure Rules:-

Ms Emma Corlett:

• take seriously our responsibility to Norfolk Children and Young People and their families
• expect all Norfolk educational settings to be inclusive and make reasonable adjustments to support the learning needs of children and young people
• expect all Norfolk educational settings to use fixed-term exclusion only as a last resort sanction, having first sought advice from Norfolk County Council inclusion helpline at the earliest opportunity,
• expect any Norfolk educational setting using exclusion to do so within the law
• note with concern the practice reported by some parents of ‘unlawful exclusions’ such as asking for children to picked up from school early, or asking them to be kept at home during school trips
• note that some school staff may be unwittingly participating in an unlawful exclusion as they have not received adequate training

Committee Resolves to:

• request that officers set up an email reporting system to allow parents to report an unlawful exclusion or attempted unlawful exclusion (similar to the system currently implemented by Suffolk County Council)
• investigate any reported unlawful exclusions, and provide information and advice to schools
• report back to a future committee what action NCC is able to take against schools who are found to have unlawfully excluded
• request that a NCC-led media information campaign advising parents of the law and their rights, examples of the types of unlawful exclusions they might experience and how to report
• write to teaching and support staff trade unions and ask them to support the campaign, and raise awareness with their members of the law and illegal exclusions
• write to each school governing body and ask them to provide challenge to school leadership teams to ensure unlawful exclusions are not taking place in their schools, and to ensure their school staff have appropriate training

Report by the Executive Director of Children's Services

Report by the Executive Director of Children's Services

Report by the Executive Director of Children's Services

Report by the Executive Director of Children's Services

Report by the Executive Director of Children's Services

Report by the Executive Director of Children's Services

Report by the Executive Director of Children's Services

Report by the Executive Director of Children's Services

Report by the Executive Director of Children's Services